Pumpkin, Small Sugar 
SMALL SUGAR 
(Days to Maturity, 115) 
Uses: Outstanding pie pumpkin. Also known 
as New England Pie. Used widely in home and 
market gardens. 
Fruit: Approximately 8 inches deep and 10 
inches in diameter, round but flattened at the 
ends, slightly grooved, hard shell; very dark 
orange. Weighs about 6 pounds. 
Flesh: Thick, fine textured, comparatively 
dry; orange-yellow. 
VIRGINIA MAMMOTH 
(King of the Mammoths; Potiron) 
(Days to Maturity, 120) 
Uses: Generally recognized as the largest of 
all pumpkins. It is valuable as stock feed and is 
used for home-garden purposes. 
Fruit: Approximately 20 inches long, 24 inches 
in diameter, flattened and slightly grooved, yellow 
skin mottled with orange. Weighs up to 100 
pounds, but ordinarily about 60 pounds. 
Flesh: Deep yellow, thick. hard and coarse. 
Radish 
CULTURE: Sow in the open ground as soon as 
the soil can be worked. One ounce will plant 100 
feet; 10 to 12 pounds per acre. 
WHITE ICICLE 
(Days to Maturity, 27) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Also may 
be used for forcing. 
Shape: 5 to 6 inches long, slender, smooth, 
tapering at tip. 
Color: Snow-white throughout. 
FRENCH BREAKFAST 
(Days to Maturity, 24) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Also used 
as a forcing type. 
Shape: Oblong, 
smooth, tops small. 
blunt, slender 
tap-root, 
Color: 
Rose-scarlet with white tip; white 
flesh. 
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Radish, French Breakfast 
SOUTHERN STATES COOPERATIVE 
