24___________________- ROYAL QUALITY SEEDS-—-—— 
Bloomsdale Savoy Leaved 
GIANT THICK LEAVED (Round Seeded), 
(Nobel) —Is the best of the round-seeded, 
thick-leaved group. Is an enormous yielder 
of a deep green color and smooth character 
leaves. Valuable for home and market garden 
as well as canning. 
KING OF DENMARK, 48 Days — Round 
seeded, excellent canning, market and home 
garden variety. Large spreading plants with 
broad, rounded, dark green leaves somewhat 
crumpled. 
NEW ZEALAND, 55 Days—Entirely dif- 
ferent from other Spinach in type and in that 
it thrives during hot weather and in any soil, 
rich or poor. The tender shoots are of good 
quality and may be cut throughout the sum- 
mer. Plant three or four seeds in hills two 
feet apart each way. This Spinach can be 
used in August or September or up till frost. 
By using only the leaves it will sprout out 
again. 
SQUASH 
CULTURE—Plant in warm ground after 
danger of frost is past. Summer varieties 
should be planted in hills 4 to 5 feet apart 
each way, and winter kinds 8 to 12. Sow & 
seeds to the hill and thin to four plants when 
they begin to vine. One ounce will plant 25 
hills; 3 to 4 pounds to the acre. 
SUMMER VARIETIES 
COCOZELLE (Italian Marrow), 65 Days— 
Fruits are straight, nearly cylindrical, 18 
inches long and 5 inches in diameter, color 
dark green, light green with yellow stripes; 
suitable home market and shipping purposes. 
FORDHOOK, 62 Days—While a summer 
sort, if stored in a warm dry place, keeps 
well. Outside color is bright yellow; inside, 
straw yellow. Splendid for baking or pies, 
as the flesh is dry and sweet; 8 inches long, 
8 inches in diameter. 
GIANT SUMMER CROOKNECK, 50 Days 
—Is much larger than the Yellow Summer 
Crookneck. Fruit grows from 9 to 12 inches 
long and 8% inches in diameter. 
GIANT SUMMER STRAIGHTNECK, 60 
Days—Good market sort as packs to advan- 
tage, is 18 inches long and 4% inches in diam- 
eter. Fruit is warted, lemon yellow, flesh 
light yellow. 
GOLDEN SUMMER CROOKNECK—Crop 
matures in about 60 days. Fruits are 8 to 10 
inches long and 2% to 8 inches in diameter, 
pear shaped with curved neck and heavily 
warted, with medium yellow color, becoming 
orange-yellow when mature. 
EARLY PROLIFIC STRAIGHTNECK— 
The fruit of this new sort is about 10 inches 
long with a diameter of 2% inches. While 
light yellow in the first edible stages it be- 
comes a deep golden yellow at maturity. The 
flesh is delicious, creamy yellow and quite 
firm. 
MAMMOTH WHITE BUSH SCALLOP— 
Fruit from our strain measures 9 to 11 inches 
in diameter, of creamy white color and fine 
for table use or market. 
WHITE BUSH SCALLOP (Patty Pan), 50 
Days—An old favorite sweet with pale green 
fruits when young, becoming white as they 
mature; is somewhat pie-shaped with scal- 
loped edges, 3 inches long, 7% inches in 
diameter. 
YELLOW BUSH SCALLOP, 54 Days—lIs 
similar to the White Bush, except in color, 
being a golden yellow. Is of the Patty Pan 
type, sometimes called Golden Custard. 
AUTUMN AND WINTER SORTS 
BANANA, 105 Days—Fruits cylindrical, 
24 inches long and 6 inches through, color 
light gray, flesh fine grained, yellow-orange, 
of delicious flavor. 
BANANA PINK—Much the same descrip- 
tion but colored deep pink. 
DELICIOUS—Produces dark green fruit of 
medium size, weighing 5 to 10 pounds. Flesh 
is fine grained, of superb quality, tasty and a 
good keeper. To many, DELICIOUS is the 
finest flavored of all the winter squashes. 
DELICIOUS GOLDEN—Same as Green 
peacous except the deep orange color of its 
skin. 
TABLE QUEEN (Des Moines, Acorn), 58 
Days—Very prolific and popular for all mar- 
ket purposes. Fruits pointed acorn shaped 
5% inches long, 4 inches through and dark 
green, flesh is light yellow. 
BLUE HUBBARD, 110 Days — Much the 
same as the original type of improved Hub- 
bard except its bluish gray shell. 
GOLDEN or RED HUBBARD—We think 
this strain is more prolific and earlier than 
the regular HUBBARD. Has glossy warted 
orange-yellow skin, which turns to a salmon 
red at maturity. Fruits weigh 10 to 12 pounds, 
and keep well. Canners prefer this sort. Flesh 
is deep golden yellow. Vines often ripen 5 to 
6 of these large fruits. 
HUBBARD IMPROVED (Green Hubbard) 
—Our strain is superior. Fruits are pointed 
at both ends, being somewhat warted, large, 
with dark bronze green skin. Flesh is orange- 
yellow, dry sweet and thick. A splendid keep- 
er and of top-notch quality, weighing 10 to 
12 pounds. 
WARTY HUBBARD—Or the same type as 
the regular Hubbard but the shell is more 
heavily warted and is slightly larger than the 
true Hubbard. Weighs 14 pounds. Our strain 
1s an Improvement of the old Warty Hubbard. 
