194 CUCUKBITACEOUS PLANTS. 



It yields abundantly ; is well adapted for planting among 

 corn or potatoes ; may be profitably raised for feeding out 

 to stock ; keeps well when properly stored ; and selected 

 specimens will afford a tolerable substitute for the squash in 

 the kitchen, particularly for pies. 



Between this and the Common Yellow there are various 

 intermediate sorts ; and, as they readily hybridize with each 

 other, it is with difficulty that these varieties can be preserved 

 in a pure state. Only one of the sorts should be cultivated, 

 unless there is sufficient territory to enable the cultivator to 

 allow a large distance between the fields where the different 

 varieties are grown. 



Nantucket. Form flattened or depressed, but sometimes 

 "NIGGEK-HEAD." oblong or bell-shaped, often faintly ribbed ; size 

 medium or rather small ; color deep green, somewhat mel- 

 lowed by exposure to the sun, or at full maturity ; skin or 

 shell thick and hard, and more or less thickly covered with 

 prominent, wart-like excrescences ; flesh comparatively thick, 

 yellow, sweet, fine-grained, and of excellent flavor, com- 

 paring favorably in all respects with that of the Sugar 

 Pumpkin. It is a productive sort,, and its flesh much drier 

 and more sugary than the peculiar, green, and warty appear- 

 ance of the fruit would indicate. 



When cooked, it should be divided into pieces of con- 

 venient size ; the seeds, and loose, stringy parts removed 

 from the inner surface of the flesh, and then boiled or baked 

 in the skin or shell ; afterwards scooping out the flesh, as is 

 practised with the Hubbard Squash, or other hard-shelled 

 varieties of pumpkins. It is an excellent pie-variety, and 

 selected specimens will be found of good quality when served 

 as squash at the table. Season from February to March. 



Striped Field Habit of the plant, and form of the fruit, 



