. Cadwell & Jones, successors to R. D. Hawley & Co., catalogue for 1895 of seeds and implements. Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 42 CAD WELL & JONES DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. SQUASH. <Spetfe*£ur6tB. Of the early varieties one ounce will sow forty hills, and ten hills of the later sorts, four to six pounds for one Hubbard. The squash vine is very tender and so sensitive to cold that it cannot be planted with safety before the middle of May. The \ hills should be highly manured and prepared
. Cadwell & Jones, successors to R. D. Hawley & Co., catalogue for 1895 of seeds and implements. Nurseries (Horticulture) Connecticut Catalogs; Seeds Catalogs; Garden tools Catalogs; Agricultural implements Catalogs. 42 CAD WELL & JONES DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE. SQUASH. <Spetfe*£ur6tB. Of the early varieties one ounce will sow forty hills, and ten hills of the later sorts, four to six pounds for one Hubbard. The squash vine is very tender and so sensitive to cold that it cannot be planted with safety before the middle of May. The \ hills should be highly manured and prepared in the same man- ner as those for cucumber; the Summer varieties three to four feet apart each way, and the later sorts six to eight feet. Plant eight to ten seeds in each hill, and cover one-half inch • thin to four plants after they have obtained their rough leaves, and danger from bugs is past. Early Golden Summer Crook-lfeck. The richest and best sort for Summer; very early and productive. It is small, crook- necked, covered with warty excrescenes, (the more warty the better,) color bright yellow; shell very hard when ripe. It is used only when young and tender, which may be known by the pressure of the thumb nail through the rind, Early Yellow Bush Scolloped. An early, flat, seolloped-shaped sort, of a deep orange yellow, and smooth rind; used when young and tender tor boiling, Early White Bush Scalloped. Similar in shape to the yellow, light cream-colored. It grows to a larger size, of a coarser quality, and is a little later, Boston Marrow. Form oval, pointed; rind extremely thin, bright orange or salmon colored; flesh deep orange, finely grained aucl excellent flavored; seeds large, white; average weight six or eight pounds, Early Prolific Orange Marrow, This variety ripens two weeks ahead of the Boston Marrow, and excels it in productiveness and keeping qualities, Of very handsome orange red color, medium in size, sweet flavor, with thick, high-colored orange flesh
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