PINO’S RELIABLE VEGETABLE SEEDS 
Pumpkin, Yellow Sugar 
Cherry Belle. The roundest little globes 
of them all, and red as a cherry. Flesh 
white, crisp and firm. Highly resistant 
to pithiness. Very desirable for home 
or market. Pkt. 15ce., 4 oz. 25c., 
oz. 40c. 
ROQUETTE 
Grown for greens, forms rosette of num- 
erous Oblong leaves of a mildly pungent 
odor. Pkt. 15e., 44 oz. 30c., oz. 50c. 
Rhubarb Roots 
McDonald. A _ strong grower, stalks 
bright crimson. 50c. each, 6 for $2.75. 
SPINACH 
For Summer use sow early in March in 
drills 15 inches apart, and for succession at 
intervals of a fortnight. For Winter use, 
sow late in August. The soil should be 
heavily manured and deeply trenched. 
Bloomsdale. Savoy-leaved, very early 
and one of the best for Fall or early 
Spring planting; leaves dark green, 
medium size and crumpled, much like 
the Savoy Cabbage. Pkt. 10c., 
oz. 20c., 14 Ib. 50c., Ib. $1.50. 
SQUASH 
be planted before the middle of May. 
Buttercup. Outstanding Winter Squash. 
Fruit is turban-shaped, 6 to 8 in. in di- 
ameter. Flesh deep yellow and fine 
grained. Pkt. 10c., oz. 45ce., 14 lb. 
$1.50. 
Butternut. Becoming more popular each 
year. Flesh is deep yellow, dry, sweet 
and excellent flavor. There is no seed 
cavity in the neck. A vigorous grower 
and very productive; can be used boiled, 
baked and in pies. Pkt. 15e., 14 oz. 
35c., oz. 65¢e., 14 lb. $2.00. 
Yankee Hybrid. A rather new introduc- 
tion. The earliest and most productive 
Summer Squash. Size and shape similar 
to Early Prolific Straightneck. Pkt. 
15e., 44 oz. 50¢e., oz. 95c. 
Early Prolific Straight Neck (New). 
Plants small and compact; fruit lemon- 
yellow in color and smooth. Very pro- 
lific. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 lb. 90ce. 
Giant Summer Crookneck. Larger 
than the ordinary Summer Crook- 
neck. Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c., 14 Ib. 85c. 
Golden Summer Crookneck. Golden 
yellow fruit, early and prolific. Pkt. 
10c., oz. 25c., 14 Ib. 85c. 
Yellow Bush Scallop. Yellow, flat, 
scalloped edge. Pkt. 10c., oz. 20c., 
YY Ib. 60c. 
Golden Hubbard. Similar to the stand- 
ard sort except in color. Pkt. 10c., oz. 
30c., 14 Ib. 85e. 
Bush sorts, one ounce to 50 hills; 6 pounds per acre 
Running sorts, one ounce to 16 hills, 4 pounds per acre 
The Squash is a very tender vegetable» sensitive to cold, and cannot in our climate 
Plant in rich soil, in hills prepared similar 
to those for Cucumbers. All sorts, thinned to not over three plants to a hill. 
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Pumpkins 
Pumpkins are usually planted in fieids of Corn or Potatoes, but may be 
profitably raised in fields by themselves. Sow first of May in hills 8 feet apart. 
Yellow Sugar. Very sweet; an excellent table sort. Pkt. 10c., oz. 20c., 
4 Ib. 65c., Ib. $2.00. 
Connecticut Field. For feeding stock. Oz. 25c., % Ib. 65c.. Ib. $2.00. 
Cushaw. Green striped. Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c., 14 lb. 65c. 
One ounce will sow 
RA D | S fe ‘s 100 feet of drill 
Radishes require a light, rich, sandy soil. For an early supply sow in a hot- 
bed in February, care being taken to give plenty of ventilation. For a suc- 
cessive supply sow from the middle of March until September, at intervals 
of two or three weeks. 
Early Scarlet Globe. For forcing in greenhouses, hotbeds and coldframes 
or open ground sowing, thisis one of the very best globe-shaped, fine scarlet 
color, crisp, mild andtender. Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c., 14 Ib. 60c. 
White Giant Stuttgart. Top-shape, white skin and flesh; Summer var- 
iety, but does not become pithy and can 
be stored for Winter. Pkt. 10c., oz. 
30c., 14 Ih. $1.00. 
Round Black Spanish. A Winter var- 
iety. Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c., 14 lb. 75e. 
Icicle. Long, white, rapid growing. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 20c., 14 Ib. 60c. 
French Breakfast. Olive-shaped, bright 
scarlet, white tipped. A favorite sort. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c., 14 lh. 65c. 
Long Scarlet, Short Top. Long, smooth, 
crisp and tender. Pkt. 10c., oz. 20c., 
\4 Ib. 60c. 
Sparkler. Small and round, deep scarlet 
skin and crisp white flesh. White tip. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 25c., 14 Ib. 60c. 
One ounce to 100 
feet of drill 
America. A true savoy Spinach, leaves 
large dark green and glossy, longstand- 
ing qualities. Pkt. 15c., oz. 30c., 
14 Ib. 75e. 
New Zealand. Entirely distinct variety, 
produces a large quantity of leaves; for 
Summer use. Sow early in Spring. 
When cut branches out and makes new 
growth, producing until frost. Pkt. 
10c., oz. 30c., 14 Ib. $1.00. 
Radish, Early Scarlet Globe 
Italian Climbing. Extra long, light 
green Italian Squash. When grown on a 
trellis the slender fruit are straight and 
often 4 ft. long. An edible species of 
running Gourd. Pkt. 15¢c., oz. 50c., 
4 lb. $1.75. 
Des Moines (Table Queen). Acorn- 
shaped fruit, distinctly ribbed skin; 
flesh light yellow and bakes well. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 lb. $1.00. 
Hubbard. The standard Winter Squash. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 35c., 14 Ib. $1.00. 
Blue Hubbard. (Special.) Bluish green 
skin; golden orange flesh; very dry and 
excellent keeper. Pkt. 15c., oz. 35c., 
14 lb. $1.10, lb. $4.00. 
Vegetable Marrow (English). Pale straw 
color, changing darker. White flesh, 
About 9 in. long. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 
ly Ib. $1.00. 
Cocozelle, Italian Vegetable Marrow. 
Mottled dark and light green, 12 to 20 in. 
long. Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 Ib. $1.00. 
Zucchini. A Cocozelle type, fruit 13 to 
14 in. long, dark green skin, thick meat. 
Pkt. 10c., oz. 30c., 14 lb. 85c. 
Caserta (New). An extra early Cocozelle Squash. Plants erect and runner- 
less. Very prolific, 30 fruits to a plant not unusual. Pkt. 15c., 4% oz. 30e., 
oz. 50c., 14 Ib. $1.75. 
Uconn. Gold Medal Winner. A true bush form of the Table Queen 
type. Early fruit can be used as a Summer Squash, and the end-of- 
season surplus stored for Winter. Pkt. 15e., 144 oz. 30c., oz. 50c. 
Squash ‘‘Butternut’’ 
