. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. 90 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. PUMPKIN AND SQUASH—contd. Diam- Length eter inches inches Days TABLE QUEEN (Des Moines: Acorn) C. pepo () 6 4^ 85 Oval fruits, pointed at the blossom end, ribbed, smooth, thin- shelled, dark green. Flesh light yellow; bakes well with sweet, inviting flavor. Golden Table Queen is similar except for external color. Tennessee Sweet Potato C. moschata (p) 14 10 110 A popular variety in the South.
. Descriptive catalog of vegetables. Commercial catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Catalogs; Herbs Catalogs. 90 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. PUMPKIN AND SQUASH—contd. Diam- Length eter inches inches Days TABLE QUEEN (Des Moines: Acorn) C. pepo () 6 4^ 85 Oval fruits, pointed at the blossom end, ribbed, smooth, thin- shelled, dark green. Flesh light yellow; bakes well with sweet, inviting flavor. Golden Table Queen is similar except for external color. Tennessee Sweet Potato C. moschata (p) 14 10 110 A popular variety in the South. Fruits pear-shaped, with good keeping quality, 12-15 lb.; skin creamy white with faint light green stripes; flesh yellow and of sweet potato flavor. Turban C. maxima () 8 10 100 Fruits 9-10 lb., of distinctive shape; cylindrical, flattened, with a prominence set in a depression at the blossom end, "a squash within a ; Skin orange-red in color, somewhat rough; flesh deep orange. Vermont Hubbard C. maxima () 12 SJ/2 105 Similar in size and shape to Green Hubbard, but more warted and uniform. Fruits about 10 lb.; dark green in color; shell very hard and strong; flesh thick, deep orange, dry and fine grained. WARTED HUBBARD C. maxima () 13 9J4 110 Somewhat larger than Green Hubbard, and more thickly covered with warts. Fruits about 14 lb., pointed at each end, very dark green; flesh deep orange-yellow. WHITE BUSH SCALLOP (Patty pan) C. pepo () 3 7% 52 An old favorite for home and market gardens. Fruits pale green when very young, becoming white as they grow, to 2% lb.; shaped somewhat like a round pie or patty with scalloped Early Yellow Summer Crookneck. 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 Tra
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