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Summer SQUASH 
In descriptions, we give the average size of fruits when fully grown. For the best 
eating, summer squashes are used when immature, usually when very small; in fact, 
Early White and Crystal Bell are delicious if cooked whole when very tiny —an inch 
or more across. Bush varieties take up little room and are especially adaptable for the 
small garden; cocozelle and zucchini are very popular bush types. 
6103 Early Golden Summer Crookneck © 
53 days. The most popular summer, curved neck squash. Fruits are 
small, distinctly crooknecked, with bright yellow skin and salmon- 
orange flesh of delicious flavor and fine texture. Suitable for freezing. At 
their best flavor when about 4 in. long. Full sized fruits are 10 in. long, 
3 in. thick, the skin becoming deep golden orange and much warted. 
Average weight, 3lbs. Plants are of bush growth and highly productive. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 1% Ib. $1.25 
6117 Caserta © 55 days. All-America Gold Medal Winner. Y ellowish 
green fruits irregularly mottled with dark green; 15 to 18 in. long, 41% to 
5 in. thick. Flesh is tender and of delicious flavor. Bush plants; extremely 
prolific throughout the season. Outstanding extra early for home and market. 
Pkt. 25¢; oz. 60¢; 14 lb. $1.75 
6101 Burpee’s Fordhook Zucchini Improved © 65 days. 
Introduced by Burpee in 1942 and named for Burpee’s Fordhook 
Farms. All-America Winner. At best table stage, fruits are 12 in. long, 
2 in. across, cylindrical, smooth, deep blackish green, straight to very 
slightly curved. If used-at this size, the skin need not be removed. Flesh is 
creamy white and extremely tender; suitable for freezing. Allowed to grow, 
fruits may attain a length of 2 ft. and a diameter of 3% in. Bush-like plants. 
Pkt. 25¢; oz. 85¢; 14 lb. $2.50 
5314 Zucchini Bush 56 days. Dark green fruits 13 in. long, 4 to 
5 in. thick but are at the best edible stage when about 6 in. in length. Flesh 
is greenish white at eating stage and is adapted for freezing. Bush-like. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.25 
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6102 Early White Bush (White Patty Pan) 54 days. Pale green 
fruits changing to creamy white, 7 in. across, 3 in. deep, and scalloped 
around the edges; milk-white, delicious flesh. Used for stewing or boiling. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.25 
6128 Burpee’s Crystal Bell © 60 days. Introduced by Bur- 
pee in 1953. Fruits are deep bell-shaped, 7 in. across and 5 to 6 in. deep 
when matured with a light scallop around the lip of the bell. Skin is greenish 
white quickly changing to pure white as fruits develop. An improved Early 
White Bush, the flesh is thicker and deeper, the fruits extremely uniform 
in size, shape and habit. The plant habit is more bush-like than Early 
White Bush, which often tends to vine out as the season progresses. 
Pkt. 25¢; oz. 85¢; 1% lb. $2.50 
5069 Yankee Hybrid 50 days. All-America Bronze Medal Winner. 
This is a true first generation hybrid for home and market with waxy yel- 
low straightneck fruits 8 in. and more long, 3 in. across. Early, heavy 
yielder; white flesh of good quality, fine texture and excellent flavor. 
Pkt. 20¢; oz. 75¢; 14 Ib. $2.25 
s106 Early Prolific Straightneck © 50 days. All-America 
Silver Medal Winner. Fruits are creamy-yellow and edible from the time 
they reach a length of 4 to 6 in. until they are 12 to 14 in. long and 3% 
in. thick. More easily prepared for the table than curved necked fruits. 
Heavy yielder of fruits; smaller and earlier than Straightneck Summer. 
Very productive bush plants. Because of the straight neck, fruits can be 
more conveniently packed in hampers or crates than the crookneck. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.25 
5063 Cocozelle Bush (italian Vegetable Marrow) 60 days. Oblong, 
dark green fruits, 14 in. and more in length, 4 to 5 in. thick; in best edible 
condition if used when 6 to 8 in. long. Greenish white, firm, tender flesh. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.25 
Cocozelle Bush or Italian Vegetable Marrow 
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Early Golden 
Summer 
Crookneck 
Caserta , 
Burpee’s 
Fordhook 
Zucchini 
Improved 
Burpee’s 
Crystal Bell 
Early 
Prolific 
Straightneck 
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