EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK 
(Days to Maturity, 50) 
Uses: Home and market gardens. Excellent 
for shipping. Should be harvested when very 
young while fruit is 4 to 6 inches long. 
Fruit: Clear yellow color, 12 inches long, 314 
inches when mature, smaller toward stem end. 
Harvest when young. 
HUBBARD, CHICAGO WARTED 
(Days to Maturity, 110) 
Uses: The leading Winter Squash. Particu- 
larly desirable for market use. Adapted to freez- 
ing. 
Fruit: 14 inches long and 10 inches in diame- 
ter, globular in shape and pointed at both ends, 
heavily warted and bronze-green at maturity. 
Weighs about 15 pounds. 
Flesh: Orange-yellow, very thick and dry. 
Squash, Early Prolific Straightneck 
Swiss Chard 
Swiss Chard, Lucullus 
Richmond, Virginia 
CULTURE: Sow in spring as soon as ground 
can be worked, in drills 18 to 24 inches apart, cov- 
ering the seed with about 1 inch of soil. Later 
thin plants to about 4 to 5 inches apart in the row. 
One ounce of seed will plant 100 feet of drill; 6 to 
8 pounds per acre. 
LUCULLUS 
(Days to Maturity, 55) 
Uses: Widely used for home gardens, also very 
satisfactory for market use. Excellent for freezing. 
Stems: Light green in color, broad and thick; 
leaves light green, fleshy, crumpled. 
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