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similar to the Common Yellow Field Pumpkin. The size, 

 however, will average less ; although specimens may some- 

 times be procured as large as the dimension given for the 

 Common Yellow. Color yellow, striped and variegated with 

 green, after being gathered, the green becomes gradually 

 softer and paler, and the yellow deeper ; flesh yellow, mod- 

 erately thick, and, though by some considered of superior 

 quality, has not the fine, dry, and well-flavored character 

 essential for table use ; seeds similar to the foregoing sorts. 

 The Striped Field Pumpkin is a hardy sort, and yields 

 well. It is, however, exceedingly liable to hybridize with 

 all the varieties of the family, and is with difficulty preserved 

 in an unmixed condition. 



Plant similar in its character and general ap- Sugar- 



Pumpkin. 



pearance to the Common Field Pumpkin ; fruit SMALL SUGAR- 

 PUMPKIN. 



small, eight or nine inches at its broadest diam- 

 eter, and about six inches in depth ; form much depressed, 

 usually broadest near the middle, and more or less distinctly 

 ribbed ; skin bright orange-yellow when the fruit is well 

 ripened, hard, and shell-like, and not 

 easily broken by the nail ; stem quite 

 long, greenish, furrowed, and some- 

 what reticulated ; ' flesh of good thick- 

 ness, light yellow, fine-grained, sweet, 

 and well flavored ; seeds of smaller 

 size than, but in other respects simi- 

 lar to, those of the Field Pumpkin. 



The variety is the smallest of the 

 sorts usually employed for field cul- 

 tivation. It 1S, however, a mOSt Sugar-pumpkin. 



abundant bearer, rarely fails in maturing its crops perfectly, 

 is of first-rate quality, and may be justly styled an acquisi- 

 tion. For pies, it is not surpassed by any of the family ; 



