. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS 91. Table Queen: Of small size and fine flavor Length inches White Cushaw C. moschata (p) 18 Smaller, and with shorter, straighter neck than other Cushaw types. Exterior color nearly white. Winter Luxury C. pepo (p) 7 Resembles Small Sugar in shape but is somewhat larger. Fruits round, somewhat flattened at ends, 7-9 lb.; skin thin, netted, orange-yellow; flesh thick, firm, sweet, and of fine flavor for pies
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. BREEDERS AND GROWERS 91. Table Queen: Of small size and fine flavor Length inches White Cushaw C. moschata (p) 18 Smaller, and with shorter, straighter neck than other Cushaw types. Exterior color nearly white. Winter Luxury C. pepo (p) 7 Resembles Small Sugar in shape but is somewhat larger. Fruits round, somewhat flattened at ends, 7-9 lb.; skin thin, netted, orange-yellow; flesh thick, firm, sweet, and of fine flavor for pies. Wood's Early Prolific C. pepo () 3% A White Bush Scallop strain. Fruits cream-white only slightly scalloped. Not so uniform in color as the white scallop varieties listed above. Yankee Hybrid C. pepo () 14 Developed at the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. A true hybrid, of which the seed is to be produced by crossing the inbred parents each year. Similar in size and appearance to Early Prolific Straightneck. Yellow Bush Scallop C. pepo () 3 Similar to White Bush Scallop in size and shape of fruits and habit of growth, but deep yellow in color. Yellow (Golden) Cushaw C. moschata (p) 20 Fruits crooknecked, medium large, 15-20 lb. Skin golden yel- low, smooth, hard; flesh thick, yellow, dry and sweet. Zucchini C. pepo () 12 A well known Italian Marrow type. Fruits very nearly cylin- drical, straight. Color medium green, mottled with cream-gray and lighter green lace pattern; flesh very firm, and of delicate flavor. Diam- eter inches Days 110 100 52 zy2 50 8 58 9 112 4 50. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Associated Seed Growers, Inc; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection. New Haven, Conn. : Associated Seed Growers, Inc.
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