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Iowa Seed Company, 37... Des Moines, Iowa.

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[Image: Early Prolific Marrow.]

White Bush Scalloped.-Similar to the Golden Bush. Color creamy white; an excellent variety for the family garden for early use. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

Early Bush Crookneck.-Splendid summer sort, early, productive, very fine quality. With all the new varieties recently brought out many claim that there is no summer squash superior to this. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 45c.

Sibley, or Pike's Peak.-Originated in Iowa. We recommend this as the very best standard variety of winter squash. Claimed to be a great improvement on the Hubbard. The shell is pale green in color, very hard and flinty, but at the same time so thin and smooth as to occasion the least possible waste in baking. The flesh is solid and thick and a bright orange yellow color, dry, and has a rich, delicate flavor peculiarly its own; more productive and a better keeper than either the Hubbard or Marblehead and we prefer it for our own table use. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

Mammoth Chili.-The "Jumbo" of the Squash family. The form is round, flattened at both stem and blossom end. The outer color is a rich orange-yellow; skin is quite smooth, with wide fissures. Flesh is very thick and of a rich yellow color; the quality is good and nutritious. They are most profitable to grow for stock feeding. They keep well throughout the entire winter. Pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1.50.

English Vegetable Marrow.-A favorite English sort. The fruit is variable in size, from nine to eighteen inches in length. Skin is greenish yellow, flesh white, soft, and of rich flavor. Plant eight feet apart. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 15c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1.50.

Spinach.
One ounce will sow about 80 feet of drill; ten pounds to the acre.
This is the finest "greens" of any plant in cultivation. For summer, sow early in spring in deep, rich soil, in drills one foot apart; cover one inch. Sow at intervals of two weeks throughout the season. For very early spring use, sow the winter varieties first of September, and protect by covering with straw. Packets contain about 800 seeds.

New Victoria.-This new variety is distinguished for its exceedingly dark black-green color, and also for its very long standing qualities, being from two to three weeks later than the ordinary Long Standing. The leaves are thick and spread out flat upon the ground. It is excellent for spring sowing, but not sufficiently hardy to withstand the winter in this locality. It outyields every other variety, and stands longer before going to seed than other sorts. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

New Zealand.-Very useful to supply the place of the ordinary Spinach during the hottest months of the year, or in dry, arid localities. A great acquisition and the most valuable of all for either the market or family garden. One plant will cover a space of ground three or four feet square. A few plants will supply a family with this delicious vegetable from July to October. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 50c, lb. $1.00.

[Image: Victoria Spinach.]
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Squash.
One ounce early varieties will plant about forty hills; one ounce late will plant about twenty hills; 3 to 4 lbs. to the acre.
Plant about the middle of spring in hills, the early sorts four to six feet apart, the late varieties eight to twelve. Thin to three plants in a hill. The soil cannot be too rich. Use Slug Shot to kill the bugs.

Early Prolific Marrow.-Early and productive-the two most important features for the market gardener-while its attractive color-brilliant orange red-good cooking and keeping qualities, make it popular with the consumer. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 60c.

Golden Bush.-An improvement on the old Yellow Bush Scallop or Patty Pan. The earliest of all squashes. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

[Image: Hubbard.]

[Image: Sibley Squash]

Long Standing.-A standard with gardeners. Leaves thick, fleshy and crumpled. Slow in running to seed, hence its great value for spring sowing. The leaves are round, large, unusually thick, deeply curled, and of a fine dark-green color. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 15c, lb. 45c. By express 5 lbs. $1.40.

Prickly, or Winter.-A very hardy variety, and will withstand the severest weather with only a slight protection of leaves or straw. The seed is pricky, leaves triangular, oblong or arrow shaped. It is used for fall sowing. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

Bloomsdale.-A Savoy-leaved variety bearing numerous succulent curled leaves. Very popular. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

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[Image: The Faxon Squash]
Faxon.-The flesh is a deep orange yellow; cavity very small and seeds few; the special peculiarity, however, is that while uncooked it appears to have a shell like any squash, but when cooked there is practically none, the shell or inedible part, being only about as thick as a sheet of writing paper. It is sweet, very dry, matures early and can be used as a summer squash. The vines are somewhat longer than most other sorts and fruit varies in color but these seem to be its only defects. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 70c.

Collection of Hubbard Squashes.
True Hubbard.-This old variety has for years stood the test of all rivals, and is the most popular winter squash grown; hard, green shell; flesh bright orange yellow, fine grained, very dry, sweet and of rich flavor; keeps in perfect condition throughout the winter. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 50c.

Warty Hubbard.-A new strain of the Hubbard. The wartiness indicates a very hard shell, which is one of the best features of a long-keeping squash. It also denotes extra choice quality-the harder and more warty the shell of a Hubbard, the more delicate and sweet the flesh. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

Golden Hubbard, also called Red Hubbard.-This is a counterpart of the old Green Hubbard, except in color, which is a bright, deep orange-yellow, much richer in color than Hubbard, fine grained, cooks very dry, and is of excellent flavor. Its keeping qualities are fully equal to, while in productiveness it far excels the green variety. This is a squash that every market gardener should plant, for it is a "seller." Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 30c, lb. $1.00.

Blue Hubbard, or Marblehead.-A splendid winter variety. Shell very hard, of a light blue color; flesh similar to the Hubbard in quality. Per pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 20c, lb. 65c.

White Hubbard, or White Chestnut.-The outside skin is a creamy white while the flesh is lemon yellow, fine grained, sweet, most excellent in quality, suggesting the flavor of a boiled chestnut. Size and form much like the Hubbard. Pkt. 5c, oz. 10c, 1/4 lb. 25c, lb. 75c.

Collection: One packet each of the above five Hubbard's for 20 cts.

[Image: New Zealand Spinach.]

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