. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. THE MAKBLEHEAD SQUASH. Marblehead* A ne-w variety of the finest quality, weighing from 10 to 15 lbs.; one of the very best for a late sort. (Seepage 120.) Perpkt., 5 cts. Mammoth. The largest known. Seeds which we offer were saved from a squash weighing one hundred and eighty pounds, — a monster. Per pkt., 10. Turban, or Turk's Cap. A superior late-growing variety; of
. E. Fred Washburn's amateur cultivator's guide to the flower & kitchen garden for 1880. Nursery stock Massachusetts Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Kitchen gardens Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Fruit Seeds Catalogs. THE MAKBLEHEAD SQUASH. Marblehead* A ne-w variety of the finest quality, weighing from 10 to 15 lbs.; one of the very best for a late sort. (Seepage 120.) Perpkt., 5 cts. Mammoth. The largest known. Seeds which we offer were saved from a squash weighing one hundred and eighty pounds, — a monster. Per pkt., 10. Turban, or Turk's Cap. A superior late-growing variety; of a gi-eenish color, striped with white, and thus in fonn and color somewhat resembling a turban,whence the name; flesh orange-yellow, thick,fine-gi'ained,sugary, and well-flavored. Per pkt., 10 Yokohama. A new variety from Japan; finest grained of all the Squashes, with a rich Marrow flavor. Per pkt., 10 Low's Premium Turban. This new and very excellent Squash originated in Massachusetts, and is a cross between the Hubbard and the American Turban, having the color, shape, and superior qualities of the Turban, with the dryness and hard shell of the Hubbard. It is not only one of the richest-flavored, finest-grained, and sweetest of all the squash family, but one of the very best keepers we have, — specimens of last year keeping until the middle of June as sound as when gathered in the fall. The flesh is very thick, richly colored, and solid. It is also one of the most pro- ductive squashes ever introduced. Can be planted as a second crop, following earlv peas, potatoes, and cabbages. Price per pkt., 15 cts.; OZ., 50 cts.; \ lb., ; 1 lb., § SUNFLOWER. KTew Mammoth Russian. This is a new variety; and, under ordinary cultivation, the heads grow to the enormousjize of twenty inches in diameter The 109 10 .40 .25 .25. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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