SQUASH 
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WINTER VARIETIES:— 
Banana — Available either in Slate (Blue) or Red, 
which are the same except for outer color. Banana 
is fairly popular with home gardeners. Fruit is 
about 22 inches long by 6 inches thick at maturity, 
cylindrical, smooth, slate blue in color, with thin 
hard rind. Flesh is yellow, thick, and of good qual- 
ve Plant is vining in growth and vigorous. 115 
ays. 
Butternut — An excellent variety for pies and bak- 
ing. Fine flavor, with dry, sweet, finely textured 
meat, yellow-orange in color. Shaped like a dipper 
gourd but with thick neck and small seed cavity 
in bulb end. Fruits are about 12 inches long by 
5 inches thru bulb. Rind is deep golden, tough, 
smooth, attractive. Plant is vining, vigorous, early, 
and productive. 100 days. 
| Hubbard Improved — Also called Green Hubbard. 
A leading Winter squash variety, keeps well, and 
has sweet-flavored, thick, dry, orange-yellow flesh. 
Fruit is a rough football shape, tending more to 
_ round than long, and bulging in the middle. Sur- 
face is irregular, slightly warted and ribbed, dark 
| green with faint lighter striping toward tip. Plant 
| is vining type. 115 days. 
| Blue Hubbard — Similar to Green Hubbard in 
_ shape, but rind color is slate-blue. Surface is un- 
| even but not warted. Rind is tough. Flesh is good 
| quality. 115 days. 
_ Golden Hubbard — Shaped like Green Hubbard, 
_ but a little smaller and earlier. Thickly covered 
_ with warts, and more nearly round than the other 
_ Hubbards. Outer color is bright orange-red with 
_ faint lighter stripes near end. Flesh is thick and 
_ sweet. 105 days. 
| Warted Hubbard—Larger than the other Hubbards 
' and heavily warted. Similar in shape. Very dark 
green, almost black, in color. Flesh is golden, thick, 
_ dry, and sweet. Plant is vining and hardy. 120 
| days. 
Table Queen, Mammoth — Excellent shipping, stor- 
ing, and home garden variety. Fruits are acorn 
_ shaped, measuring about 644 to 7 inches long by 
5 inches thru. Fruit is smooth with uniform ridges, 
dark green, tough rind. Flesh is bright yellow, 
thick, tender, and excellent when baked. 75 days. 
_ Plant is vining. 
- Uconn — A bush or dwarf type of Table Queen 
| with early, very prolific, slightly smaller fruits 
borne in cluster at base of plant. Requires only 3 
feet of space in the garden and yields 5 to 6 fruits 
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