ane summer Beats are used when immature, ae when very small; in fact, 
Early White and Crystal Bell are delicious if cooked whole when very tiny —an inch 
or more across. Bush varieties take up little room and are especially eeautalis for the 
- small garden; cocozelle and zucchini are very popular bush types. 
6236 Burpee Hybrid Zucchini O—New 
50 days. A true first generation (F;) hybrid of the Fordhook Zucchini 
_ type, a week earlier and a heavier yielder. Shiny medium-green cylin- 
‘drical fruits are at their best eating stage when 6 to 8 inches long; flavor 
a is excellent and texture most tender whether boiled, baked or fried. 
Keep fruits picked to insure a continuous yield all summer. Medium- 
4 sized, _bush- like compact plants. Pkt. 25¢; oz. 85¢; 14 lb. $2.25 
; éi6s Early Golden Summer Crookneck © 40 deve. Tie eee 
popularsummer, curved neck squash. Fruitsare small, distinctlycrooknecked, 
with bright yellow skin and salmon-orange flesh of delicious flavor and fine 
4 texture. Suitable for freezing. At their best flavor when about 4 in. long. 
Full sized fruits are 10 in. long, 3 in. thick, the skin becoming deep golden 
_ orange and much warted. Average weight, 3 lbs. Plants are of bush growth 
4 Bnd ey productive. Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.15 
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“ 6117 Caserta © 50 days. All-America Gold Medal Winner. Yellowish 
% _ green fruits irregularly mottled with dark green; 15 to 18 in. long, 4% to 
"3 in, thick. Flesh is tender and of delicious flavor. Bush plants; extremely 
____ prolific throughout the season. Outstanding extra early for home and market. 
ie Pkt. 25¢; oz. 65¢; 14 Ib. $1.85 
a iy’ 
% 
by Burpee in 1942 and named for Burpee’s Fordhook Farms. All- 
_ America Winner. At best table stage, fruits are 12 in. long, 2 in. across, 
cylindrical, smooth, deep blackish green, straight to very slightly curved. 
If used at thissize, the skin need not be removed. Flesh is creamy white and 
extremely tender; suitable for freezing. Allowed to grow, fruits may attain a 
Aereeh of 2 ft. and a diameter of 3% in. Bush-like plants. 
a ; Pkt. 25¢; oz. 75¢; 14 lb. $2.25 
4 5314 Zucchini Bush 56 days. Dark green fruits 13 in. long, 4 to 
5 in. thick but are at the best edible stage when about 6 in. in length. Flesh 
a9 
aa is. greenish white at eating stage and is adapted for freezing. Bush-like. 
g Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.25 
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*: : 
6102 Early White Bush white patty Pan) 54 days. Pale green 
4 fruits changing to creamy white, 7 in. across, 3 in. deep, and scalloped 
Fg ering the edges; milk-white, delicious flesh. Used for stewing or boiling, 
ns Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 lb. $1.25 
= 6128 Burpee’s Crystal Bell © 60 days. Originated by Bur- 
pee in 1953. Fruits are deep bell-shaped, 7 in. across and 5 to 6 in. deep 
when matured with a light scallop around the lip of the bell. Skin is greenish 
white quickly changing to pure white as fruits develop. An improved Early 
White Bush, the flesh is thicker and deeper, the fruits extremely-uniform 
in size, shape and habit. The plant habit is more bush-like than Early 
_ White Bush, which often tends to vine out as the season progresses. 
Pkt. 25¢; oz. 85¢; 14 Ib. $2.25 
- 6106 Early Prolific Straightneck OO) arora 4ib-A mepica 
Silver Medal Winner. Fruits are creamy-yellow and edible from the time 
they reach a length of 4 to 6 in. until they are 12 to 14 in. long and 3% 
in. thick. More easily prepared for the table than curved necked squash. 
Heavy yielder of fruits; smaller and earlier than Straightneck Summer. 
_ Very productive bush plants. Because of the straight neck, fruits can be » 
more conveniently packed in hampers or crates than the crookneck. 
i Pkt. 20¢; oz. 50¢; 1% lb. $1.50 
Yankee Hybrid Discontinued; we recommend Early Prolific Straightneck. 
5063 Cocozelle Bush (itatian vegetable Marrow) 60 days. Oblong, 
dark green fruits, 14 in. and more in length, 4 to 5 in. thick; in best edible 
condition if used when 6 to 8 in. long. Greenish white, firm, tender flesh. 
Pkt. 15¢; oz. 45¢; 14 Ib. $1.25 
6101 Burpee’s Fordhook® Zucchini Os days. Originated — 
Early Golden 
Summer 
Crookneck 
Caserta 
Burpee 
Hybrid 
New! 
Early 
Prolific 
Straightneck 
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