202 CUCURBITACEOUS PLANTS. 



Large Sum- A large variety of the Bush or Dwarf Sum- 

 merWarted 

 Crookneck. mer Crookneck^ Plant twelve feet and upwards 



in length, running ; fruit of the form of the last named, but 

 of much greater proportions, sometimes attaining a length 

 of nearly two feet ; skin clear, bright yellow, and thickly 

 covered with the prominent wart-like excrescences peculiar 

 to the varieties ; flesh greenish yellow, and of coarser tex- 

 ture than that of the Dwarf Summer Crookneck. Hardy 

 and very productive. The hills should be made six feet 

 apart. 



Orange. Fruit of the size, form, and color of an orange. 



KANTIACA. Though generally cultivated for ornament, and 

 considered more curious than useful, " some of them are the 

 very best of the summer squashes for table use ; far 

 superior to either the scalloped or warted varieties." When 

 trained as directed for the Egg-squash, it is equally showy 

 and attractive. 



Variegated Pale yellow, or nearly white, variegated with 



Busn Seal- 



loped. green. Very handsome, but of inferior quality. 



Autumn and Winter Varieties. 



Autumnal Plant twelve feet or more in length, moder- 

 Marrow. 

 J. M. ires. ately vigorous ; fruit ovoid, pointed at the ex- 



BOSTONMAKROW. 



tremities, eight or nine inches in length, and seven 

 inches in diameter ; stem very large, fleshy, and contracted a 

 little at its junction with the fruit,- 1 the summit, or blossom- 

 end, often tipped with a small nipple or wart-like excresence ; 

 skin remarkably thin, easily bruised or broken, cream-yel- 

 low at the time of ripening, but changing to red after har- 

 vesting, or by remaining on the plants after full maturity ; 

 flesh rich, salmon-yellow, remarkably dry, fine-grained, and 

 in sweetness and excellence surpassed by few varieties. 



