SQUASH 
Summer Varieties (Continued) 
| Zucchini Black — Also available in Zucchini Gray 
, which has gray-green mottled shell. Black Zuc- 
chini is similar to Cocozella but smaller and solid 
) greenish black in color. Fruits are about 10 inches 
) long by 3 inches thick, smooth, straight, cylindrical. 
' Flesh is greenish-white, fine quality. 60 days. 
| WINTER VARIETIES:— 
| Banana — Available either in Slate (Blue) or Red, 
| which are the same except for outer color. Banana 
Is fairly popular with home gardeners. Fruit is 
| about 22 inches long by 6 inches thick at maturity, 
| cylindrical, smooth, slate blue in color, with thin 
| hard rind. Flesh is yellow, thick, and of good qual- 
| BP Plant is vining in growth and vigorous. 115 
| days. 
| Butternut — An excellent variety for pies and bak- 
ing. Fine flavor, with dry, sweet, finely textured 
_meat, yellow-orange in color. Shaped like a dipper 
_ gourd but with thick neck and small seed cavity 
in bulb end. Fruits are about 12 inches long by 
5 inches thru bulb. Rind is deep golden, tough, 
smooth, attractive. Plant is vining, vigorous, early, 
and productive. 100 days. 
Hubbard, Improved — Also called Green Hubbard. 
_A leading Winter squash variety, keeps well, and 
has sweet-flavored, thick, dry, orange-yellow flesh. 
Fruit is a rough football shape, tending more to 
round than long, and bulging in the middle. Sur- 
'face is irregular, slightly warted and ribbed, dark 
green with faint lighter striping toward tip. Plant 
is vining type. 115 days. 
Blue Hubbard — Similar to Green Hubbard in 
shape, but rind color is slate-blue. Surface is un- 
even but not warted. Rind is tough. Flesh is good 
quality. 115 days. 
' Golden Hubbard — Shaped like Green Hubbard, 
) but a little smaller and earlier. Thickly covered 
_with warts, and more nearly round than the other 
‘Hubbards. Outer color is bright orange-red with 
|), faint lighter stripes near end. Flesh is thick and 
» sweet. 105 days. 
' Warted Hubbard — Larger than the other Hubbards 
and heavily warted. Similar in shape. Very dark 
+ green, almost black, in color. Flesh is golden, thick, 
dry, and sweet. Plant is vining and hardy. 120 
days. 
Table Queen, Mammoth — Excellent shipping, stor- 
‘ing, and home garden variety. Fruits are acorn 
-) shaped, measuring about 6% to 7 inches long by 
5 inches thru. Fruit is smooth with uniform ridges, 
dark green, tough rind. Flesh is bright yellow, 
thick, tender, and excellent when baked. 75 days. 
Plant is vining. 
/-Ueonn — A bush or dwarf type of Table Queen 
with early, very prolific, slightly smaller fruits 
_ borne in cluster at base of plant. Requires only 3 
| feet of space in the garden and yields 5 to 6 fruits 
per plant. Fruits are acorn shaped, dark green, 
‘about 2/3 the size of Table Queen. 70 days. A very 
fine, new variety for home gardens. 
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