CASERTA SQUASH 
SQUASH 
Vining, 1 oz. to 100 ft., 4 Ibs. per acre 
Bush, 1 0z. to 100 ft., 4 to 6 Ibs. per acre 
Seeds should be planted about the middle of 
May, in hills 4 feet apart for bush varieties, and 
10 feet apart for the running sorts. Put 5 to 8 
seeds in each hill; afterwards thin out, leaving 
3 or 4 of the best plants. 
SUMMER SQUASH 
These varieties are all summer squash 
types which should be used when the 
fruits are young and immature. 
*Caserta. See All America Selections, 
page 3 
*Early Prolific Straightneck. See All 
America Selections, page 3. 
Early Summer Crookneck. Very early, 
60 to 65 days. The bushy plant is very 
productive. Fruits attractive, weighing 
about 2 pounds. The skin is distinctly 
warted and bears a bright yellow color, 
while the flesh is pale cream, firm, and 
tender. Very good for home planting. 
White Bush Scallop. A popular variety 
bearing profusely. Small, rather flat, 
white squashes with a distinct scalloped 
edge. Is very early and has a fine flavor. 
Zucchini. The favorite Italian squash. 
It should be eaten when quite young, 4 to 
6 inches long. It is a delicious summer 
variety; very prolific. (Fz,) 
WINTER SQUASH 
These are all varieties which keep well. 
They should be picked when fully mature. 
Most kinds can be stored for months. 
Banana. A late trailing sort, cylindrical 
and pointed at blossom end. A fine 
squash for pies. Free from fiber or string- 
iness. Flesh thick, deep yellow, dry, and 
of a sweet flavor. Has slate-grey rind. 
Butternut. Fruits 3 to 4 pounds, 8 to 10 
inches long, bulbous at the bottom end 
where the small seed cavity is located; 
the thick neck is solid. Rind thin and 
tough, creamy yellow in color. Flesh fine 
grained, nutty. Excellent baking quality. 
Improved Hubbard. Large and of warty 
Hubbard type. Shell dark green, hard, 
moderately warted. Flesh light orange, 
_very dry and richly flavored. One of the 
best winter squashes. 
Table Queen or Acorn. Small, dark 
green, acorn shape. Flesh deep yellow. 
dry, richly flavored. Medium early. A 
good keeper. Easy to grow. 
Umatilla Marblehead. Thick meated 
squash. Large, slate colored variety. 
Yields heavy. 
SPINACH 
1¥2 02. to 100 ft., 10 to 20 Ibs. per acre 
Sow early in the open 
Bloomsdale Improved Thick Leaf. This 
is the largest spinach. Growth is rapid, 
and the medium green leaves are large, 
rounded, slightly crumpled, succulent, 
and tender. (Fz.) 
Nobel, or Giant Thick Leaved (All-Amer- 
ica). Of rapid growth. The leaves are 
the largest of any type and keep well 
after picking; medium-green, rounded, 
slightly crumpled, succulent and tender. 
Excellent for the home garden. 
New Zealand. Not true spinach though 
similar when cooked. Thrives in hot, dry 
weather. The large, spreading plants 
have small, thick, pointed, deep green 
leaves, which can be picked repeatedly 
throughout the season. 
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PRICE LIST OF VEGETABLE SEEDS 
ON PAGE 17 
SWISS CHARD 
1 oz. to 160 ft., 6 to 10 Ibs. per acre 
The tops are used like spinach. Culture like 
beets. Thrives everywhere. Thin to 8 inches. 
Lucullus, Dark'Green. The fleshy crum- 
pled leaves of this variety make very 
choice greens. Plant erect; stalks 
rounded and finely ribbed. Foliage a rich 
deep green. (Fz.) 
Rhubarb Chard. The leaf stalks are 
crimson, the rich color extending out 
through the veins into the dark green, 
heavily crumpled leaves. Delicious flavor. 
TOMATOES 
In February or March sow seeds lightly in rows in greenhouse, hotbed, or window box, and 
when plants have reached a height of 3 inches, transplant in hotbeds. About June 1, set out in 
open ground, 4 feet apart, giving plenty of well rotted manure to each plant. 
Water freely 
during hot weather. To obtain the best results, trellises or stakes should be used. 
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Bonny Best. One of the very best early 
varieties (75 days). Vine medium, not 
very hardy. Fruits medium sized, apple 
shaped, smooth; solid, bright scarlet in 
‘color, of excellent quality 
Earliana Improved. (65 days.) One of the 
earliest scarlet fruited varieties. Medium 
size, almost seedless and solid. Vine open 
and spreading. A heavy bearer. Succeeds 
everywhere. 
Jubilee. (72 days.) The fruits are bright 
orange-yellow, globular, and weigh about 
6 ounces. 
Pearson, Improved. (76 days.) Primarily 
for canning but also of value as a shipper. 
Vigorous self-topping plants with ample 
foliage to protect the heavy set of fruits, 
which are medium large, semi-globe and 
of good red color. 
Marglobe. (73 days.) Excellent home gar- 
den variety and particularly valuable for 
shipping. Plants thrifty and heavily pro- 
ductive with a long bearing period. Fruits 
uniform deep scarlet; large; uniformly 
globe shaped; smooth, solid, and of dis- 
tinct quality. 
*Pritchard. See All America Selections, 
page 3. 
MARGLOBE 
Ground Cherry or Husk Tomato. Fruits 
small, yellow, enclosed in loose paper 
husks. Prized for preserving. 
Rutgers. (86 days.) The most widely 
grown variety for canning, but also 
a good green-wrap shipper and_all- 
purpose variety. Plant large with thick 
stems and vigorous foliage. Fruits 
globular, bright red, with thick walls 
and small seed cells. 
Scarlet Dawn. (70 days.) Fruits medium 
large, globular, smooth, free from flat 
side. Attractive bright scarlet color; uni- 
form. Plant of medium growth, fairly 
open, early and prolific. 
Stokesdale. (73 days.) Produces heavy 
crops. Almost free of stem-end crack. 
Sreety earlier and larger than Mar- 
globe. 
Victor. Introduced by the Michigan State 
College. Fruits are about 3 inches in 
diameter, globe-shaped and ripen to a 
deep scarlet. Early. 
Yellow Pear. (73 days.) Fine for salads, 
sweet and delicious. Small, yellow, pear- 
shaped fruits of exceedingly mild and 
pleasing flavor. 
Red Plum. (73 days.) Plum-shaped fruits, 
2 inches long. A clear red. Used for 
preserves. 
PRICES FOR ALL VEGETABLE SEEDS ON PAGE 21 ay i} 
