. Gregory & Son's retail catalogue of warranted vegetable, flower and grain seeds . This new vari-ety of SummerCrookneck I findgrows twice aslarge as the com-mon sort, averag-ing from five tosix pounds inweight. It will belikely, eventually,to drive the common sort out of the market. The larger of thetwo engravings is the Strickler, the smaller the Summer Crookneck. I noted in my crop occasionally, a sporting back towardthe common variety, which shows that Mr. Strickler has not yetquite completely succeeded in fully fixing his type; but the sportswere so few they were of minor consequence. Per
. Gregory & Son's retail catalogue of warranted vegetable, flower and grain seeds . This new vari-ety of SummerCrookneck I findgrows twice aslarge as the com-mon sort, averag-ing from five tosix pounds inweight. It will belikely, eventually,to drive the common sort out of the market. The larger of thetwo engravings is the Strickler, the smaller the Summer Crookneck. I noted in my crop occasionally, a sporting back towardthe common variety, which shows that Mr. Strickler has not yetquite completely succeeded in fully fixing his type; but the sportswere so few they were of minor consequence. Per oz., 30 cts.;per pkg., 10 cts. ITALIAN GREEN-STRIPED SQUASH. This is the early squash of Italy called the Coucouzelle. Itis a bush variety, very early, long, striped with dark-green andgolden-yellow, presenting a unique appearance. Large andheavier than any other bush squash. Used in France as a sub-stitute for egs: plant. Price, per oz., 30 cts.; per pkg., 10 cts. THE WHITE CHESTNUT Good specimens are as fine-grained and as dry as a boiledchestnut, of as good quality for the table, in every respect, as theHubbard, while it has a distinct individuality of its own. I havenamed it the White Chestnut; — white, because the color isnearer to white than any other of the hard-shell squashes ; chest-nut, because the color of the flesh, and also the quality of it, isvery suggestive of a chestnut. The White Chestnut is a hard-shelled squash, of just about the size of the Hubbard, as it waswrhen I first introduced it; and it is just about such a cropper aswas the original Hubbard. The form is much like the color of the outside is much lighter than the Marblehead,while the inside is of a lemon-yellow. From John B. Clarke,Esq., editor of the Mirror and Farmer, Manchester, N. H. Itsname is a good one, and its quality and flavor are worthy of thename. My family all praised it, and I think it the best squashI ever tasted. Per lb., post-paid, $; per % lb., 38 cts
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