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D. M. FERRY & CD'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE.
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^Q UA.SH- Continued,
mammoth White
^«~Bush Scallop
Mammoth Wh:te Bush Scallop Squas.-
Many seedsmen have listed Mammoth "White
Bush Scallop Squash, but until we sent out our
stock in 1895,there was no uniformly large clear
white scalloped squash in trade. The fruit is a
beautiful clear waxy-white instead of
the yellowish- white so often seen in the
old Early White Bush Scallop and is
superior to that variety in everj- re-
spect. The best of the scalloi.ed
squa.shes. Pkt. of, Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c;
% Lb. •20c; Lb.6oc.
Early Ye**o.^"-
Qush ^callop
A mammoth, very early, flat, scallop
shaped variety; color yellow ; flesh pale
yellow and well flavored: very produc-
tive; used when young and tender. We
have developed a strain of the oldYellow
Bush Scallop which is uniformly larger
and flatter than the old stock and has a
verj' small seed cavity. Its superiority
is so great that we should be justified
by xjrevailing custom in renaming it.
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; ^ Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c.
WIMTER SQUASHES
IX/%c#-^n Mnt^t^AW ^ ^^1' ^°^ winter variety,
OOolOn IflCirrVJlIf very popular in the Boston
Market. Of oval form; skin thin, when ripe, bright orange
mottled with light cream color; flesh rich salmon yellow, fine
grained, and for sweetness and excellence unsurpassed, but
not as drv as the Hubbard. We have an unusually good stock
of this sort. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c; H Lb. 20c; Lb. 50c
Green Mountain
UBBARD ...
H
■ This is a superior variety
^ and one of the best of win-
ter squashes; flesh bright orange
yellow, fine grained. very dry. sweet
and rich flavored : keeps perfectly
good throughout the winter: boils
or bakes exceedingh' dry and is es-
teemed bj' many to be as good
baked as the sweet potato. 'Our
stock is most carefiilly selected
with regard to quality of the flesh
and color and wartiness of the shell
but the latter peculiarities are
largely determined by the soils in
which the squashes are raised. Our
customers can plant this variety in perfect
confidence that every fruit will be a pure
Hubbard. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c; 2 Oz. 15c;
!^Lb. 20c: Lb. 60c.
GOLDEN HUBBARD
This is a True Hubbard Squash except in
Color which is Bright Red.
The vine is a vigorous but not rampant grower and won-
derfully productive, expending the energy derived from lib-
eral fertilizing in the production of an increased number
rather than of overgrown and coarse fruits as some varieties
are apt to do. It ripens its crop very early and uniformly, thus
making it a certain cropper. The fruits are very uniform in
size, weighing from six to eight pounds, and in shape are like
the Hubbard. Though maturing early they are wonderfully
long keei.ers so they can be held over in good condition for
spring use. The shell is warty, hard and strong and a very
beautiful orange red color except for a bit of olive green on
the blossom end. The flesh is a deep orange and uniformly so
to the rind, never having the green tinge so objectionable in the
older sort. It cooks very dry. fine grained and good flavored.
We believe this is the best fall and winter sort yet intro-
duced and that it deserves to and will become a most popular
variety. It certainlv has no superior as a table squash.
Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 20c: % Lb. 30c: Lb. $1.00
This is decidedly larger
than the Hubbard. The
flesh is of excellent quality and free from the green tinge so
objectionable in that sort.
Pkt. .5c:
Oz. 10c:
2 Oz. 15c;
h Lb. 25c;
Lb. 75c.
Hubbard Squash.
Early ProllFic Orange Marrow
A variety developed by selection from the Boston Marrow, and
not so large but much earlier, and the earliest of the winter
varieties. Fruit deep orange color netted with cream; shape
similar to Boston Marrow; flesh thick, deep yellow, of fine
quahty. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c: 2 Oz. 15c; h Lb. 20c: Lb. 50c.
Hard Shelled Marrow ...
A New Variety, giving the Largest Yield per Acre.
The Best Sort for Pies and for Canning or Drying.
We have been at work on till^^ variety tor several years and
now have it so well fixed that it comes true to type. The
fruit is very large, oval, deep orange red color, and though^
quite smooth has as hard a shell as the Hubbard. The flesli is
very thick, rich orange red color and has no equal for making
pies, having a peculiar flavor and quality similar to. but much
firmer tlmn that of the choice-;t Pumpkin. Pkt. 5c; Oz. 10c;