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depth ; but, when fully matured, the 

 diameter is often ten or twelve inches, 

 and even upwards. Color yellow ; skin, 

 while young, thin, and easily pierced, 

 at maturity, hard and shell-like ; flesh 

 pale yellow, tolerably fine-grained, and 



Early Yellow Bush Scalloped, ^j flavore d, _ no t, however, quite SO 



dry and sweet as that of the Summer Crookneck ; seeds 

 broader in proportion to their length than the seeds of most 

 varieties, and of comparatively small size. Four hundred 

 and twenty-five weigh an ounce. 



This variety has been common to the gardens of this 

 country for upwards of a century, during which period the 

 form and general character have been very slightly, if at all, 

 changed. When grown in the vicinity of the Bush Summer 

 Crookneck, the surface sometimes exhibits the same wart-like 

 excrescences ; but there is little difficulty in procuring seeds 

 that will prove true to the description above given. 



Like the Summer Crookneck, the scalloped squashes are 

 used while young or in a green state. After the hardening 

 of the skin, or shell, the flesh generally becomes coarse, wa- 

 tery, strong-flavored, and unfit for the table. 



The hills should be made about four feet apart, and three 

 plants allowed to a hill. Season from the beginning of July 

 to the middle or last of August. 



Egg Squash. An ornamental variety, generally cultivated 



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ERA. for its peculiar, egg-like fruit, which usually 



measures about three inches in length, and two inches or 

 two and a half in diameter. Skin, or shell, white. It is 

 seldom ^ used as an esculent; though, in its young state, 

 the flesh is quite similar in flavor and texture to that of 

 the scalloped varieties. " If trained to a trellis, or when 

 allowed to cover a dry branching tree, it is quite orna- 



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