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Title: Dreer's wholesale catalog for florists and market gardeners : 1942 winter spring summer
Identifier: dreerswholesalec1942henr (find matches)
Year: 1942 (1940s)
Authors: Henry A. Dreer (Firm); Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Bulbs (Plants) Catalogs; Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Flowers Seeds Catalogs; Nurseries (Horticulture) Catalogs; Gardening Equipment and supplies Catalogs
Publisher: Philadelphia, Pa. : Henry A. Dreer
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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Special Summer Savoy Spinach Bloomsdale Long-Standing Savoy. An early, hardy, dark glossy green sort with crumpled and heavily savoyed leaves. Has remarkable long-standing properties. Lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.75; 100 lbs. $95.00. Reselected Savoy. Very dark green with well crumpled leaves but does not stand quite so long as Blooms- dale. Lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.75; 100 lbs. $95.00. New Zealand. Endures heat and drought all summer. Lb. $1.35; 10 lbs. $13.00. Nobel, Giant Dark Green. Large crumpled, dark green leaves. A splendid long standing Spinach of quick growth. Lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.75; 100 lbs. $95.00. Special Summer Savoy. A selection from Long Stand- ing Bloomsdale, specially bred for late spring sowing. Summer Savoy is a darker green than Bloomsdale and will stand a few days longer before bolting. A fine, heavy, uniform cropper with heavily savoyed leaves. Lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.75; 100 lbs. $95.00. Old Dominion Blight Beslstant Savoy. For early spring or fall sowing. Not long standing but mosaic re- sistant. Lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.75; 100 lbs. $95.00. Virginia Blight Resistant Savoy. Vigorous and disease- resistant. Principally grown as a fall crop because it will bolt quickly during hot weather. Lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.75; 100 lbs. $95.00. Viking. The plants are very large with heavy dark green leaves of tender texture, only slightly crumpled and easily washed. An enormous cropper and plants in our trials were the last to shoot to seed. Well suited to both spring and early summer crops. Lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.75; 100 lbs. $95.00.
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Squash Extra-Early Jersey White Bush Squash Summer Squash Barly Prolific Straightneck. A prolific bush variety pro- ducing high quality straight and smooth fruits of creamy yellow color. Marketable when 5 or 6 inches or up to a foot long. Oz. 20c; Yt lb. 60c; lb. $1.75. Extra-Early Jersey White Bush. An improved early White Bush Squash. Flat and scalloped cream-colored fruits about 8 inches across. Of fine flavor. Oz. 15c; Vi lb. 30c; lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.50. Green Tinted White Bush. Has a pale green tinge. Oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.10; 10 lbs. $10.50. Giant Summer Crookneck. Large, early, productive. Oz. 15c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.50. Early Connecticut Straightneck. A desirable new type with short vines having pale yellow fruits about 10 to 12 inches long. They have a smooth skin and mature 2 weeks earlier than the Giant Straightneck. Oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $12.00. Giant Straightneck. A selection from Giant Crookneck. Oz. 15c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.50. Golden Custard Bush. Of golden yellow color. Oz. 15c; Yi lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $12.00. Winter Squash Boston Marrow. Bright orange skin and flesh. The popular Basket Pumpkin. Oz. 15c; Yi lb. 30c; lb. 90; 10 lbs. $8.50. Hubbard, Blue. A large Hubbard with gray-blue skin. Oz. 15c; Yt lb. 50c; lb. $1.50; 10 lbs. $14.50. Hubbard Golden. Hubbard shape but skin is golden. Oz. 15c; % lb. 50c; lb. $1.50; 10 lbs. $14.50. Hubbard. Reliable standard sort, of large oval shape. Oz. 15c; Yt lb. 40c; lb. $1.10; 10 lbs. $10.50. Hubbard, Warted. Has dark green warted skin. Oz. 20c; Yi lb. 60c; lb. $1.75; 10 lbs. $17.00. Table Queen, or Des Koines. Dark green, ribbed shell. Oz. 15c; & lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $12.00. New Golden Table Queen A new introduction similar in habit of growth and type to the ordinary green Table Queen with one im- portant exception and that is the color of the fruits. This new strain is golden yellow and is much more attractive on the market than the older dark green type, and makes a readier sale to the retail trade. Oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $12.00. Mammoth Table Queen An excellent table squash similar in shape to Table Queen but much larger. The shell is dark green, deeply furrowed, keeping as well as the Hubbards. The flesh is a rich orange-yellow, cooking as dry and sweet as a sweet potato. Yields a very large crop. Oz. 15c; Yk lb. 50c; lb. $1.50; 10 lbs. $14.50. Vegetable Marrows Black Zucchini. Of bush growth producing long smooth green-black fruits 12 to 14 inches long by 4 Inches thick. Oz. 15c; Y«. lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $12.00. Cocozelle Bush. An oblong summer bush variety, hav- ing dark green skin with yellow markings. We offer an especially fine strain of this excellent variety. Oz. 15c; Yt. lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $12.00. Long Cream Vine. Oblong shape; creamy-white skin. Oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $12.00. Long- 'White Bush. White fruits 10 to 12 inches long. Oz. 15c; Yi lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $12.00. Pumpkin Large Cheese or Kentucky Field. Deep yellow flesh of good flavor. Oz. 10c; % lb. 25c; lb. 75c; 10 lbs. $7.00. Large Yellow Field. Usually grown for stock feeding. Oz. 15c; Yi. lb. 30c; lb. 85c; 10 lbs. $8.00. Large Yellow Mammoth Botiron. (Jumbo.) Bright yellow flesh. Oz. 15c; % lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $12.00. Sugar or New England Pie. Small but very sweet, and of best quality. Oz. 15c; % lb. 30c; lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.50. Winter Luxury. An excellent long keeping sort. Oz. 15c; % lb. 35c; lb. $1.00; 10 lbs. $9.50. Philadelphia Bush Pumpkin A new quality Pumpkin of true bush habit and there- fore a very desirable sort for the small grower with limited space. Produces round fruits of good market- able size, with thick deep yellow flesh of fine sweet quality. Very prolific. Oz. 15c; Yi lb. 40c; lb. $1.25; 10 lbs. $11.00. Fertilizers, Insecticides, Tools, and Gardeners' Supplies are offeree! on pages 81 to 87 45

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