SUNNYBROOK (70 days)—Plant grows 
little over 2 feet, a dark green in color with 
large leaves. Fruits measure 2% by 2% to 3 
inches. Due to shape sometimes called a 
squash or tomato pepper. Color a deep green 
turning to a deep red. Extensively used for 
pickling. 
WORLD BEATER, BELL or BULL NOSE, 
RUBY GIANT (75 days)—This erect, vigor- 
ous plant grows 26 to 30 inches tall with heavy 
dark green foliage. The large, smooth, blocky 
fruits measure 4% to 5 by 3% inches. Fruits 
are 4-lobed, a glossy green color, changing 
to a bright red. Flesh is mild and sweet, a 
popular variety. 
Pumpkin and Squashes 
Considerable confusion has resulted in the 
application of the common terms ‘Pumpkin’”’ 
and ‘Squash’, styled one or the other. To 
clear the record we give you the correct asso- 
ciation. They belong to the botanical genus 
(cucurbita) and members are called curcur- 
bits. The (pepo) members include summer 
and autumn pumpkins, bush pumpkins, vege- 
table marrows, pattypan, scallop and sum- 
mer crookneck squashes; the (moschata) 
(muskey) members number the winter crook- 
neck, cushaw pumpkin and so-called sweet 
potato, Quaker or Japanese squashes and 
pumpkins, to (maxima) (large) belongs Hub- 
bard, Boston Marrow, Mammoth Chili and 
Turban types. 
Pumpkins and Squashes are native to the 
Americas and cultivated by the Indians be- 
fore the advent of the white man. All have 
a vining or spreading growth habit which re- 
quires considerable space for development. 
Ground should be fertile or fertilized with a 
preference for loamy or sandy loam soils. The 
crop is usually planted in hills from 6 to 8 
feet apart or in corn rows or along fences 
where the vines may range. Four to six seeds 
are hill planted and before vining are thinned 
to 2 or 3 plants to a hill. An acre requires 4 
pounds of seed. Both pumpkin and squashes 
have an important place in the American diet 
eS species make excellent cheap stock 
eed. 
BANANA C MAXIMA (110 days) —A 
vining winter variety, fruits are cylindrical, 
pointed at ends; rind hard, thin, and gray; 
fruit measures 20 by 5% inches, weighs 10 
to 12 pounds. The flesh is thick, solid and 
fine-grained, and a yellowish-orange color. A 
good home and market garden squash and 
keeps well. 
BLACK ZUCCHINI C PEPO (62 days)— 
A bushy summer squash with long, straight, 
cylindrical fruits which measure 12 by 4 
inches, in color a dark greenish-black. Flesh 
is a greenish-white at edible stage with a deli- 
cate flavor. 
BOSTON MARROW C MAXIMA (97 days) 
—A productive late fall squash and most 
suitable for canning and freezing. Fruits 
measure 12 by 10 inches and weigh 6 to 8 
pounds. Skin color is a deep orange, rough 
and hard in texture. The thick flesh is a 
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salmon-yellow, fine-grained, moist and of good 
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BUTTERNUT C MOSCHATA (90 days)— 
A prolific yielding vining winter squash, the 
fruit measures 8 to 10 inches long and 4 to 5 
inches at largest diameter, elongated pear- 
shaped and weighing 3 to 4 pounds. The 
rind, tough and hard, has a smooth creamy- 
yellow colored skin. Flesh is fine-grained, a 
light yellow color with a sweet nutty flavor. 
CONNECTICUT FIELD, BIG TOM, 
LARGE YELLOW C PEPO (115 days)—A 
standard cornfield pumpkin and suited to 
culinary uses, it is widely grown for canning 
and stock feed purposes. Fruits have a hard 
orange surface, often weigh 15 to 20 pounds 
and show 12 inches long and 14 inches in diam- 
eter. Shape is a deep globe, smooth, and 
somewhat ribbed. Flesh a creamy-yellow, 
coarse and sweet. 
COCOZELLE STRIPED, ITALIAN VEGE- 
TABLE MARROW, GREEN BUSH C PEPO 
(60 to 65 days)—An excellent general pur- 
pose variety suitable for home gardens and 
commercial market. Mature fruits measure 
18 by 5 inches, smooth skin, color dark green 
with lighter green stripes which become yel- 
lowish 2+ maturity. Flesh is firm and fine- 
textured, in color a greenish-white, edible at 
about 6 inches long when the flavor is ex- 
cellent. 
CUSHAW GREEN STRIPED C MOSCH- 
ATA (112 days)—The most popular of the 
Cushaw types, it bears early and_ gives 
prolific yields suitable for culinary and stock 
feed purposes. The Crookneck fruits 
measure 18 to 20 by 8 to 10 inches, weighing 
as much as 14 to 16 pounds. Skin is a dull 
white, mottled with irregular green stripes. 
Flesh is thick, fibrous, sweet and moist and 
of a pale yellow color. 
CUSHAW WHITE C MOSCHATA (110 
days)—The fruit is smaller than the green 
striped variety and with a shorter, straighter 
neck, and a whitish color. Measures 18 by 7 
inches. 
