Archive image from page 89 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 86 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. SQUASH-Continued Length inches Mammoth Chili â 22 The giant among squashes. Grown mainly for stock feeding or exhibition purposes. Fruits globular, slightly ribbed, flattened; 60-75 lb.; skin light yellow, mottled with orange, and sometimes slightly netted; flesh solid, yellow-orange, coarse, but of fair quality. TABLE QUEEN (Des Moines: Acorn) C. pepo 6 Desirable for home and market garden use, also for shipping. Oval
Archive image from page 89 of Descriptive catalog of vegetables (1942). Descriptive catalog of vegetables . descriptivecatal1942asso Year: 1942 86 ASSOCIATED SEED GROWERS, INC. SQUASH-Continued Length inches Mammoth Chili â 22 The giant among squashes. Grown mainly for stock feeding or exhibition purposes. Fruits globular, slightly ribbed, flattened; 60-75 lb.; skin light yellow, mottled with orange, and sometimes slightly netted; flesh solid, yellow-orange, coarse, but of fair quality. TABLE QUEEN (Des Moines: Acorn) C. pepo 6 Desirable for home and market garden use, also for shipping. Oval fruits, pointed at the blossom end, ribbed, smooth, thin- shelled, dark green. Flesh light yellow; bakes well with sweet, inviting flavor. An early maturing variety which can also be planted for summer use. Golden Table Queen is similar except for external color. Diam- eter inches 18 Days 120 4/2 58 Table Queen: A very popular little squash for home baking Turban r n - , u 10 8 100 Fruits 9-10 lb., of distinctive shape; cylindrical, flattened, with a prominence set in a depression at the blossom end, 'a squash within a squash.' Skin orange-red in color, somewhat rough; flesh deep orange, and of good flavor. Vermont Hubbard 12 8 105 Originated by the Vermont Experiment Station. Similar in size and shape to Improved Hubbard, but more warted and uniform. Fruits about 10 lb.; dark green in color; shell very hard and strong; flesh exceptionally thick, deep orange, dry, fine grained, and of excellent flavor. WARTED HUBBARD ; 13 9 110 Somewhat larger than Improved Hubbard, and more thickly covered with warts. Fruits about 14 lb., pointed at each end, very dark green; flesh deep orange-yellow, dry, and sweet. A prolific, good keeping sort.
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