WINTER SQUASH 
Alb. for 50 hills; 4 pounds per acre 
Blue Hubbard, Special New England Strain. 
An improved strain with more vigorous disease- 
resisting vines and much heavier, gray-blue 
fruits. They have large, elongated, rounded 
ends, much thicker flesh, give more tonnage 
per acre and store better. 105 days. 
Butternut. The light tan, smooth, straight, 10- 
inch fruits have solid necks and enlarged blos- 
som ends with small seed cavity. The flesh is 
yellow, dry, and sweet. They mature from 
August to frost on very prolific vines and store 
very well. This is a profitable crop. 100 days. 
Green Delicious. A hard to beat, strong-vined 
variety with broad, top-shaped fruit, 8 inches 
long with fairly smooth, very dark green skin 
and thin, hard rind. The extra thick, orange 
flesh is dry, and sweet. 103 days. 
Mammoth Des Moines. This is a very select 
strain of the larger Des Moines or Acorn type 
squash. The vigorous running vines are heavily 
productive and laden with black-green, hard 
Butternut Squash 
shelled pointed squashes 7 inches long and 5 inches wide. There is a very good 
demand for these and they keep unusually well. The flesh is yellow, dry, mealy 
and excellent when baked. 90 days. 
Boston Marrow Special. Large, irregularly 
oval fruits, about 9 by 14 inches, weighing 
6 to 9 pounds, with a hard orange shell. The 
thick flesh is deep orange, fine-grained and 
fine for pies. The vines will mature 
Squashes in 95 days. 
Buttercup. Gray striped and spotted dark 
green flattened fruits, turbaned at blossom 
end, 4144 by 6% inches, weighing 314% 
pounds freely produced on vigorous vines. 
Flesh ts very dry and sweet. 100 days. 
Des Moines. Vigorous, running vines, laden 
with black-green, acorn hard shelled fruits, 
5 by 4 inches which store unusually well. 
The flesh is rich yellow, dry, mealy and 
delicious when baked. 80 days. 
Golden Delicious. Top-shaped fruits, 11 by 
8 inches, come on vigorous vines. The skin 
1s reddish orange, thin and hard. The thick 
orange flesh Is sweet, fine-grained and 
moderately dry making it fine for freezing. 
3 days. 
Golden Hubbard. The typical Hubbard 
vine and shape, moderately warted, about 
8 by 11 inches, with deep orange-red skin 
striped with cream. Flesh is orange-yellow, 
fine-grained and sweet. 105 days. 
Warted Hubbard XXX. A select strain with 
large, extra heavily warted, hard, dark 
green round fruits with elongated ends. 
Dry orange-yellow flesh. Vines give a huge 
yield, keeps well. 110 days. 
SUMMER SQUASH 
W41b. for 80 hills; 3 pounds per acre 
Caserta. The prolific, vigorous bushes, in 58 days give a huge yield of fine, very 
early Squashes. They are of a blunt Cocozelle shape, light glossy green with dark 
green broken stripes, and finest when small. Of extra quality and appearance. 
Cocozelle Long XXX. Cylindrical, straight, smooth Squashes, dark green with 
lighter stripes, mature in 65 days. Use when 6 to 8 inches long. Strong bushes. 
Early Prolific Straightneck. The compact bushes provide a heavy, early yield of 
smooth, straight, creamy yellow fruits, usable when 6 inches long. 50 days. 
White Bush Scalloped (Patty Pan). The vigorous bushes bear heavy yields of clean cream- 
white, round, flat fruits with scalloped edges. They mature in 50 days. The white flesh is 
moist and has nice flavor and is particularly fine if harvested when young. 
Zucchini, Dark Green. Smooth, long slender, 
very slightly fluted, black-green Squashes. 
Best when 5 to 6 inches long; then they are 
unusually tender. Flesh is greenish white. 
Strong bushes; mature in 65 days. 
Zucchini, Gray. These are straight, very 
nearly cylindrical and the smooth surface 
is mottled with light and dark green, giving 
a gray appearance. The flesh is very firm. 
Vigorous bushes. 65 days. 
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