. McCullough's seed catalogue and amateur's guide 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Cincinnati Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. White Bush Squash <SQUA»H. (Kurbiss, Ger.) One Ounce of the Bush Varieties for Forty Hills, or of the Large- Seeded Kinds, Fifteen Hills. Two or Three Founds of the Hush, and Three to Four Pounds of the Large-Seeded for an Acre. It is useless to sow until the weather has become settled and warm. Lignt soils are best suited for its erowth. Prepare hills for the seeds by incorporat-


. McCullough's seed catalogue and amateur's guide 1899. Nursery stock Ohio Cincinnati Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Catalogs; Plants, Ornamental Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs. White Bush Squash <SQUA»H. (Kurbiss, Ger.) One Ounce of the Bush Varieties for Forty Hills, or of the Large- Seeded Kinds, Fifteen Hills. Two or Three Founds of the Hush, and Three to Four Pounds of the Large-Seeded for an Acre. It is useless to sow until the weather has become settled and warm. Lignt soils are best suited for its erowth. Prepare hills for the seeds by incorporat- Ing tWO or threelshovelfuls of well-rotted Manure with the soil for eac h hill. For the bush varieties, from three to four feet each way, aud for the running sorts from six to eight feet. Eight or ten seeds should be sown in each hill, thinning out after they have attained their rough leaves, leaving three or four of the strongest plants, after which cultivate same as cucumber. THESE PRICES INCLUDE POSTAGE. Summer Varieties. Early White Bush. Tin- best early variety for market or shipping. It grows to a large size, scalloped like a patty-pan, and bearing an abundant crop 5c pkt., 10c oz., 20c % lb., GOc lb. Early Yellow Bush. An early, flat scallop shaped variety: color yellow: flesh pale yellow and well flavored; very productive: used when young and tender 5c pkt., 10c oz., 20c 34 lb., 60c lb. Summer Crook-Neck. The old standard sort: very early and productive. Fruits about one foot long, with crooked neck, and c overed with warty excrescences; color bright yellow ; shell very hard when ripe. 5c pkt., 10c oz., 20c xa lb., 60c lb Straight-Neck Summer Squash. ship early squash to distant market? Market gardeners who nip early squasn to distant markets, know the difficulty of packing the crook-neck variety in boxes to good advantage. They do not fit into the space well, the crooked neck always ming to go just where it is not wanted. In the " Straight- Neck," the bad fe


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