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thin, smooth, pale yellow. Flavour very rich. Plant strong, erect, and 

 prolific. 



Mount Pleasant. A late and excellent variety, with large long 

 berries. Skin hairy, deep orange yellow. Flavour rich. Plant strong, 

 spreading, and a free bearer. 



Perfection. A variety with large roundish berries of medium length. 

 Skin thin, slightly hairy, light yellow. Flavour sweet and luscious. 

 Plant fairly vigorous, and a moderately good bearer. 



Pretty Bot/. A very good variety, with large berries of medium length 

 Skin hairy, bright orange, mottled with a deeper shade. Flavour rich. 

 Plant moderately vigorous, and very prolific. 



Eailivay. A good late variety, with large roundish fruit of medium 

 length. Skin dull greenish-yellow Flavour good. Plant strong, 

 spreading in habit, and bears freely. 



Smiling Beauty. A variety with large oblong berries. Skin thin, 

 smooth, deep yellow. Flavour very rich. Plant robust, pendulous, and 

 a good cropper. 



Trumpeter. A desirable variety, with large long berries. Skin 

 smooth, dull pale orange. Flavour good. Plant strong, spreading, and 

 prolific. 



Two to One. A variety with large long berries. Skin thin, hairy, 

 bright golden yellow. Flavour good. Plant robust, spreading in habit, 

 and a free bearer. 



Yellow Champagne (Hairy Amber). An old and favourite variety, 

 with small roundish berries. Skin hairy, deep yellow. Flavour very 

 sweet and rich. Plant vigorous, erect in habit, and very prolific. 



Yelloiv Warrington (Yellow Aston). A useful old variety, with 

 medium-sized roundish oblong berries. Skin hairy, deep yellow. 

 Flavour rich and luscious. Plant strong, pendulous in habit, and 

 bears abundantly. 



GOURDS. 



HlSTORV AND USKS 



The plants known under this name, embrace several species of 

 Cucurbita which is the type of the order Cucurbitaceae or the 

 Cucumber family. They include the Pumpkin, Squash, Vegetable 

 Marrow, Calabash Gourd, and other kinds. Several of them are 

 largely cultivated as vegetables, some are utilized in other ways, and 

 many are grown as purely ornamental plants. The various kinds 

 differ considerably in the size and shape of their fruits, which in 

 some cases assume fantastic forms. Pumpkins, or Pompkins, have 

 originated from two species, viz., Cucurbita maxima, which is the 

 source of large fruited varieties and Cucurbita Pepo the parent of 

 the smaller kinds. There is some uncertainty as to the origin of 

 these species, but probably they belong to Eastern or Central Asia. 

 The various kinds of Pumpkins are excellent as a vegetable when 



