THE PUMPKIN. 191 



The Canada Pumpkin is of an oblate form, Canada 



Pumpkin, 

 inclining to conic, and is deeply and regularly VERMONT PUMP- 



KIN. 



ribbed. When well grown, it is of compara- 

 tively large size, and measures thirteen or fourteen inches in 

 diameter, and about ten inches in depth. Color fine, deep 

 orange-yellow ; skin or shell rather thick and hard ; flesh 

 yellow, fine-grained, sweet, and well flavored. Hardy and 

 productive. 



Compared with the common field variety, the Canada is 

 much more flattened in its form, more regularly and deeply 

 ribbed, of a deeper and richer color ; and the flesh is gener- 

 ally much sweeter, and less coarse and stringy in its texture. 

 It seems adapted to every description of soil ; thrives well in 

 all climates ; and is one of the best sorts for agricultural 

 purposes, as well as of good quality for the table. 



The plants of this variety are remarkably Cheese 



J Pumpkin, 



strong and vigorous, with large, deep green 



leaves. The fruit is much flattened, deeply and rather regu- 

 larly ribbed, broadly dishing about the stem, and basin-like 

 at the opposite extremity. It is of large size ; and, when 

 well grown, often measures fifteen or sixteen inches in diam- 

 eter, and nine or ten inches in depth. Skin fine, deep red- 

 dish-orange, and, if the fruit is perfectly matured, quite hard 

 and shell-like ; flesh very thick, yellow, fine-grained, sweet, 

 and well flavored. The seeds are not distinguishable from 

 those of the Common Field Pumpkin. 



The Cheese Pumpkin is hardy, remarkably productive, 

 and much superior in all respects to most of the field-grown 

 sorts. Whether the variety originated in this country, 

 cannot probably now be determined ; but it was extensively 

 disseminated in the Middle States at the time of the Ameri- 

 can revolution, and was introduced into certain parts of New 

 England by the soldiers on their return from service. After 



