. Burpee's 1902 farm annual : vegetable, flower and farm seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. sandy soil of our South Jersey Tria Sew?I "Bush Fordhook" Squash. This splendid novelty, first introduced last year, has fully maintained the claims of the originator. The past season we had a large planting both in stiff loamy soil at Fordhook Farms and in the light At Fordhook all the plants were uniformly of true bush habit, while in South Jersey only a . few developed slight runners, and these
. Burpee's 1902 farm annual : vegetable, flower and farm seeds. Nursery stock Pennsylvania Philadelphia Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs. sandy soil of our South Jersey Tria Sew?I "Bush Fordhook" Squash. This splendid novelty, first introduced last year, has fully maintained the claims of the originator. The past season we had a large planting both in stiff loamy soil at Fordhook Farms and in the light At Fordhook all the plants were uniformly of true bush habit, while in South Jersey only a . few developed slight runners, and these did Sfev not appear until after the fruits were well set; they were doubtless due to continued wet weather. In each case these "Bush Fordhooks " were planted in rows four feet apart and were culti- vated without difficulty, both ways, throughout the season. The growth |s is a marked contrast to the original 1§ running type of Fordhook Squash, which requires considerable room in which to run, consequently this new Ij1 bush variety will prove more productive. Two plants can grow in a hill; each plant will pro- duce at least five or six fine squashes. The fruits are a little shorter than those of the original Fordhook, but are thicker through, so that they are equally as desir- able, both for summer and winter use. We did not find that it was quite so early as our strain of Early White Bush or Pattypan,—being about a week later,—but the exceptionally fine quality and rich sweet flavor more than compensate for this slightly later fruiting. Probably in a cooler location, such as that of Nebraska, the new "Bush Fordhook" would prove fully as early as the Pattypan. Like the original Fordhook Squash, this new Bush type is unequaled in quality and delicious sweetness by any other variety either for summer or winter use. The young, tender fruits can be sliced and fried or prepared as other early varieties for summer use, while the ripened fruits can be gathered
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