198 CUCURBITACEOUS PLANTS. 



made to present them under scientific divisions ; but they 

 have been arranged as they are in this country popularly 

 understood : 



Summer Varieties. 



Apple Plant running, not of stocky habit, but 



Squash.. 

 EAELY APPLE. healthy and vigorous ; fruit obtusely conical, 



three inches broad at the stem, and two inches and a half 

 in depth ; skin yellowish-white, thin and tender while the 

 fruit is young, hard and shell-like when ripe ; flesh dry and 

 well flavored in its green state, and often of good quality at 

 full maturity. 



The fruit is comparatively small ; and on this account the 

 variety is very little cultivated. 



Bush Sum- Plant dwarfish or bushy in habit, generally 

 mer Warted 

 Crookneck. about two feet and a half in height or length : 



EARLY SUMMKE 



YELLO K W E S C U K M- fr"^ largest at the blossom-end, and tapering 



MEK WARTED -in i i i 1-1 



CROOKNECK. gradually to a neck, which is solid, and more 



CUCURBITA VEB- 



or less curved ; size medium, average speci- 

 mens, when suitable for use, measuring about eight inches in 

 length, and three inches in diameter at the 

 broadest part; the neck is usually about 

 two inches in thickness ; color clear, bright- 

 yellow ; skin very warty, thin, and easily 

 broken by the nail while the fruit is young, 

 and suitable for use, as the season of 

 maturity approaches, the rind gradually 

 becomes firmer, and, when fully ripe, is 

 hard and shell-like ; flesh greenish-yel- 

 low. dry, and well flavored ; seeds com- 

 paratively small, broad in proportion to 

 the length, and of a pale yellow color. 

 About four hundred are contained in an 



Bush Summer Warted 

 Crookneck Squash. 



