WINTER SQUASH 
141b. for 50 hills; 4 pounds per acre 
Blue Hubbard, Special New England Strain. 
An improved strain with more vigorous disease- 
resisting vines and much heavier, gray-blue 
fruits. They have large, elongated, rounded 
ends, much thicker flesh, give more tonnage 
per acre and store better. 105 days. 
Butternut. The light tan, smooth, straight, 10- 
inch fruits have solid necks and enlarged blos- 
som ends with small seed cavity. The flesh ts 
yellow, dry, and sweet. They mature from 
August to frost on very prolific vines and store 
very well. This ts a profitable crop. 100 days. 
Green Delicious. A hard to beat, strong-vined 
variety with broad, top-shaped fruit, 8 inches 
long with fairly smooth, very dark green skin 
and thin, hard rind. The extra thick, orange 
flesh is dry, and sweet. 103 days. 
Mammoth Des Moines. A larger type Des 
Moines or Acorn with heavily productive vines 
and black-green Squashes, 7 mches long by 
5 inches wide. These sell readily. 90 days. 
Warted Hubbard XXX. A select stram with 
large, extra heavily warted, hard, dark green round fruits with elongated ends. 
Dry orange-yellow flesh. Vines give a huge yield, keeps well. 110 days. 
Blue Hubbard. Vines with hard _ shelled, 
long-keeping, rounded, blue-gray, warted 
fruits with elongated ends, often 18 inches 
long and 12 inches across. Thick yellow 
flesh of fine flavor. 105 days. 
Boston Marrow. Large, irregularly oval 
fruits, about 9 by 14 Inches, weighing 6 to 
9 pounds, with a hard orange shell. The 
Butternut Squash 
Des Moines. Vigorous, running vines, laden 
with black-green, acorn hard shelled fruits, 
5 by 4 inches which store unusually well. 
The flesh is rich yellow, dry, mealy and 
delicious when baked. 80 days. 
Golden Delicious. Top-siaeers fruits, 11 by 
8 inches, come on vigorous vines. The skin 
is reddish orange, thin and hard. The thick 
thick flesh is deep orange, fine-grained and orange flesh Is sweet, fine-grained and 
fine for pies. The vines will mature moderately dry making i it fine for freezing. 
Squashes in 95 days. 103 days. 
Buttercup. Gray striped and spotted dark | Golden Hubbard. The typical Hubbard 
green flattened fruits, turbaned at blossom vine and shape, moderately warted, about 
end, 44% by 6% inches, weighing 31% 8 by 11 inches, with deep orange- -red skin 
pounds freely produced on vigorous vines. striped with cream. Flesh is orange-yellow, 
Flesh is very dry and sweet. 100 days. fine-grained and sweet. 105 days. 
SUMMER SQUASH 
W4lb. for 80 hills; 3 pounds per acre 
Caserta. The prolific, vigorous bushes, in 58 days give a huge yield of fine, very 
early Squashes. They are of a blunt Cocozelle shape, light glossy green with dark 
green broken stripes, and finest when small. Of extra quality and appearance. 
Cocozelle Long XXX. Cylindrical, straight, smooth Squashes, dark green with 
lighter stripes, mature in 65 days. Use when 6 to 8 inches long. Strong bushes. 
Early Prolific Straightneck. The compact bushes providé a heavy, early yield of 
smooth, straight, creamy yellow fruits, usable when 6 inches long. 50 days. 
White Bush Scalloped (Patty Pan). The vigorous bushes bear heavy yields of clean cream- 
white, round, flat fruits with scalloped edges. They mature in 50 days. The white flesh is 
moist and has nice flavor and is particularly fme if harvested when young. 
Zucchini, Dark Green. ‘Smooth, long slender, | Zucchini, Gray. These are straight, very 
very slightly fluted, black-green Squashes. 
Best when 5 to 6 inches long; then they are 
unusué aly: tender. Flesh ts greenish white. 
Strong bushes; mature in 65 days. 
nearly cylindrical and the smooth surface 
is mottled with light and dark green, giving 
a gray appearance. ‘The flesh ts very firm. 
Vigorous bushes. 65 days. 
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