SQUASH—Winter Varieties—Continued | 
Improved Hubbard or Green 
Hubbard, N. K. & Co. Strain, 
C. maxima 100 days 
Fruit—15 x 10 inches, thick, hard strong 
rind, surface has broad shallow irregu- 
lar ribbing with moderately shallow 
warting, dark ivy green skin frequently 
striped at tip with paler green becom- 
ing bronze at maturity. 
Flesh—Deep orange-yellow, medium tihck, 
tender, dry fine grained, sweet, crisp, 
fine flavored and of good quality. 
Plant—Vine. 
The standard popular true Hubbard and 
still the leading winter squash for home 
or market gardener and shipper in most 
areas, a good keeper. 
Red or Golden Hubbard, C. maxima 
100 days 
Fruit—10 inches long, 8 inches diameter, 
smaller and earlier than Green Hub- 
bard, weight 9-11 pounds, hard, warted, 
orange-red color. 
Mammoth Table Queen Regular Table Queen 
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Flesh—Deep golden yellow, fine grained 
dry. 
Plant—Vine. 
Smaller, earlier, often more prolific than 
Green Hubbard types. Used for home, 
market garden, canning and freezing 
purposes, a good keeper. 
Table Queen, Des Moines or 
Acorn, C. pepo 80 days 
Fruit—5 x 4% inches, acorn or turbinate 
shape, surface deeply grooved or fur- 
rowed, skin smooth, dark greenish- 
black, sometimes becoming partly yel- 
low in storage. 
Flesh—Medium thick, pale orange, tender, 
slightly fibrous, dry, sweet and distinct- 
ly flavored. 
Plant—Vine, very vigorous. 
An excellent table or individual size 
baking squash. Cut in half and baked, 
it serves one person amply. Very early 
maturing, exceedingly productive, more 
tolerant of poor soil and adverse con- 
ditions than most winter types, and a 
good keeper. Popular for home, market 
garden and shipped trade. 
Mammoth Table Queen Acorn, 
C. pepo 80 days 
Fruit—7 inches deep x 5% inches in di- 
ameter, a larger fruited strain of Table 
Queen otherwise similar in shape and 
color. 
Flesh—Pale-orange, medium thick, tender, 
dry, sweet and flavorful. 
A distinctive, large fruited strain of this 
hardy, prolific and good keeping vari- 
ety. Maintained for those wanting a 
larger sized Table Queen squash. Intro- 
duced by Northrup, King & Co. 
TOMATO 
Maturity figures for each variety indicate approximate time from setting of plants to 
field until appearance of ripe, marketable fruits. 
Avon Extra Early Scarlet 66 days 
Fruit—Uniform, deep scarlet red, medium 
sized, flat to flattened globe shape, 
smooth, meaty fleshed. Grows in clus- 
ters of 5-8 fruits. Dark overgreen in 
immature stage. 
Vine—Partly spreading and more upright 
than Earliana with medium large, dark 
green leaves. Indeterminate growth. 
A good tomato in the early class. 
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73 days 
Fruit—Flattened globe to globe shape, 
excellent scarlet color, a good cropper, 
flavor and quality good, dark overgreen, 
medium size. 
Bonny Best 
Vine—Medium in growth and foliage 
cover, indeterminate growth. 
A standard second early general purpose 
variety for home and market garden- 
ing, shipping and forcing under glass. 
