106 Squash Main Uses Days 
EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK HMS 50 
Valuable market and shipping squash. Packs well in hampers for shipment. For best 
eating and to compete with the popular Early Summer Crookneck on the market, must 
also be harvested very young, when 4 to 6 inches long. A good producer. Bush habit. 
All America Selections Silver Medal 1938. 
FRUIT —12 inches long and 3% inches in diameter when mature, smaller toward 
stem end. Clear yellow color. 
FLESH—White, fine grained, with delicate flavor. 
EARLY SUMMER CROOKNECK HMS 52 
The most widely used of the summer squashes. A superb sort for home and market 
gardens and for shipping. Fruit, produced profusely on the bush type vine, should 
be harvested when immature. Our strain is very uniform; a favorite with shippers. 
FRUIT—10 inches long and 3% inches in diameter when mature, small crooked 
neck with enlarged blossom end where seeds are borne. Rich orange-yellow, 
warted skin when mature; light yellow when in young, edible stage. 
FLESH—Creamy white, fine textured, noted for its fine flavor. 
EARLY WHITE BUSH SCALLOP HMS 52 
Patty Pan 
Still the leading white bush summer squash. It is early in season and desirable for 
the home and market gardener and shipper. Fruit used when immature. 
FRUIT—3 inches deep and 8 inches in diameter when mature, general shape round 
with scalloped edges, flattened. White in color. 
FLESH—White, fine grained, and well flavored, until it begins to ripen. 
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