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No. 27. "Canada Crookueck." As the name implies, the fruit has a long, 

 crooked neck, like No. 18. When mature the fruits take on a dull cream color. 

 The quality is not good. 



No. 28. "Essex Hybrid," like "Warren" and "Bay State," is cheese-shaped 

 and a turban, carrying the blood of the "Hubbard." The color is a cream pink 

 and the fruit nearly smooth. 



No. 29. "Butmau." This produces a fruit of nearly the shape of the "Hub- 

 bard," but striped and netted light green upon a dark green background. Greg- 

 ory states that this is a cross between the "Hubbard" and a Japanese variety. 

 The flesh, of a light salmon color, is of high quality. 



No. 30. "Faxon." The fruit is of a small type, flattish. nearly smooth, with 

 no evident blossom tip. and the medium-sized stem sets upon the smooth upper 

 end. In color it varies from cream orange to a light orange, with sometimes a 

 darker orange showing through in fine streaks, especially at the blossom end. 

 The flesh, comparatively thin, is a bright orange, and of the same thickness 

 throughout the whole fruit. The white seeds are of medium size and shape. 



No. 31. "Japanese" (No. 12844, U. S. D. A.) Four hills of this variety were 

 grown upon the Gardens. (Plot 1, Series 1.) The vines showed unusual vigor 

 and in time covered the whole ground and ran into the surrounding territory. 

 From the start the character of the vine was quickly seen to differ from any 

 of the American sorts grown elsewhere upon the gardens and new land. The 

 leaf was angular, like the cucumber, and of medium size ; the flowers, produced 

 in profusion, were the largest of any sort under experimentation. They differ 

 also in having the calyx, with long, slender or spatulate lobes (five and more) 

 sometimes three inches long. The parts of the andnecium and gynaeceum are 

 more open than is usual in squashes and some flowers were with both sexes. 

 These plants were not very fruitful, there being eight specimens, none of them 

 over one foot across. The fruits are flat, deeply corrugated, with a glaucus 

 green surface when mature. The flesh is a lively orange and quite thick, leaving 

 only a small seed cavity and stringy placenta, somewhat like the field pumpkins 

 in this last feature. The stem is long and slender and deeply set in the scalloped 

 upper side of the fruit. 



Plate XIV. shows a tip of a vine, with the leaves, and male and female flowers, 

 also young squashes, which are nearly smooth and livid green, and mature 

 fruits in three views. The card upon the cut flesh is an inch square, from 

 which the size of the squash may be judged. The fruit is neither prolific nor 

 handsome, and its quality is only fair. Several crosses were obtained between 

 it and other vine and bush squashes. It is much less a favorite with the striped 

 beetles than the "Hubbard" group, and no vines were troubled with other pests. 



32. "Delicata." This variety is sti'ongly marked by having the fruits small, 

 oval, pointed, fluted, striped green and yellow and more or less mottled. The 

 flesh is thick, orange-colored and of fine quality. 



33. "Dauphne Pumpkin." This variety has a strong, running vine, but pro- 

 duced with us only a small number of small, oval, yellow, smooth fruits. 



