SQUASH—Summer Varieties—Continued 
Golden Summer Crookneck, 
(Early) C. pepo 50 days 
Fruit—8 x 3 inches, curved in shape with 
a small crooked neck, enlarged blossom 
end. Thickly warted, golden-yellow in 
color, very uniform. 
Flesh—Bright yellow at edible stage, thick 
and noted for its fine quality and 
buttery flavor. 
Plant—Bush type. 
A popular yellow bush type summer 
squash. Exceedingly prolific. A superb 
sort for home and market garden. Pick 
and use when very young or immature. 
Long White Vegetable Marrow, 
C. pepo 60 days 
Fruit—12 x 4 inches, oblong, somewhat 
larger at blossom end, faint ribbing on 
a smooth skin, pale cream-white. 
Flesh—Pale green tinged with white, 
tender and very palatable. 
Plant—Bush type. 
A favorite English variety, prolific, early 
and widely used. The fruit is generally 
eaten when less than half grown as the 
flesh then is tender and marrowy. 
Mammoth White Bush Scallop, 
C. pepo 
58 days 
Fruit—81% inches wide x 3% inches deep, 
disk shaped with 
scalloped edges, 
creamy-white in edible stage, becom- 
ing chalky-white at maturity. 
Flesh—Green tinged with white, thick, 
tender, fine-grained, juicy and well fla- 
vored. 
Plant—Bush type. 
This has become the most widely used of 
the early summer type Patty Pan 
squash, and it is especially popular in 
much of the South. Prolific, uniform 
and of good quality especially when 
fruits are very small. 
Winter Varieties 
Banana (Blue), C. maxima 110 days 
Fruit—20 x 5% inches, nearly cylindrical, 
convexly-tapering ends, smooth skinned, 
rind thin and medium hard, slate blue- 
green in color. 
Flesh—Light orange-yellow, thick, firm, 
solid, dry, free from fiber or stringiness 
and of fair quality. 
Plant—Vine, vigorous. 
A productive home and market garden 
winter squash with good keeping qual- 
ities. Especially popular on the West 
Coast. 
Blue Hubbard, C. maxima 115 days 
Fruit—16 x 10 inches, slightly rough and 
ridges, rind very hard and strong, blue- 
green in color. 
Flesh—Orange-yellow, thick, dry and fine 
grained, sweet. Retains its quality and 
is good keeper. 
Plant—Vine. 
One of the best Hubbards for sweetness, 
flavor and keeping quality. Shape of 
fruit is similar to green Hubbard. 
Blue Hubbard, New England 
Strain, C. maxima 110 days 
Fruit—20-30 inches long x 12-14 inches 
at bulge, skin and rind similar to regu- 
lar Blue Hubbard. 
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Flesh—Identical to Blue Hubbard. 
Plant—Vine. 
A superior strain of Blue Hubbard de- 
veloped in the New England States with 
larger, longer fruits. Good keeper, ex- 
cellent quality. 
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