ESSEX HYBRID.--A very productive squash of the finest quality and an
excellent keeper, specimens having been kept until June, as sound
and good as when gathered. It is one of the richest flavored, finest
grained and sweetest of all squashes, while at the same time it is one
of the largest and most productive, growing close together on the vines
and averaging from eight to twelve pounds in weight. It is of early,
quick growth, and can be raised very successfully as a second crop,
following early potatoes, peas, etc.
[Illustration: HUBBARD SQUASH.]
HUBBARD.--This is a standard and well-known winter squash, and is of
most excellent quality for winter use, but is not so well adapted to
all soils and localities as the preceding varieties, nor of such easy
culture.