. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., FORDHOOK SQUASH The ent^raving herewith, accurately reproduced from photographs, shows the shape of the Squashes and the sohdity of a section. The size is most convenient for family use, and the appearance extremely handsome, of a bright yellow outside, and straw-yellow within. The flesh is as " dry as Pike's Peak, and much sweeter"—making it the best in quality of all W
. Burpee's novelties for 1890. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Flowers Pennsylvania Catalogs; Vegetables Pennsylvania Catalogs; Seeds Pennsylvania Catalogs. W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., FORDHOOK SQUASH The ent^raving herewith, accurately reproduced from photographs, shows the shape of the Squashes and the sohdity of a section. The size is most convenient for family use, and the appearance extremely handsome, of a bright yellow outside, and straw-yellow within. The flesh is as " dry as Pike's Peak, and much sweeter"—making it the best in quality of all Winter Squashes. It seems incapable of rotting, and placed in a cool, dry room, keeps in perfect conditioa throughout the Winter and Spring, until late in June, when Summer Squashes are ready. From the photograph will be noticed the thin, hard stem, in striking contrast to the thick, fleshy stems of other varieties of Winter Squash. This same characteristic also applies to the roots, which are likewise slim and hard, furnishing absolutely no food for the Squash borer, and consequently is perfectly free from their attacks. This alone would make it of immense value in many sections where it has become impossible to raise Winter Squashes. It is also a strong and rapid grower, so that the striped bug has never injured it, as it " grows away from them"—being earlier in ripening than any other Winter Squash. It matures far North, where scarcely any other varieties ever ripen. Illus- trative of its immense pro- ductiveness we cannot do better than mention the crop raised by Mr. E. L. Coy, of Washington Co., X. Y. Mr. Coy received a few of the seeds for trial, and planted them 5 feet apart each way; the rank growth of vines covered the ground, which became yellow with squashes. Frotn this little patch of two square rods of ordi- nary soil, Mr. Coy har- veiled two h un dred and fifty well-ripened Squashes of superior quality, and says he never saw anjthing like more remarka
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