THE SQUASH. 



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Autumnal Marrow Squash. 



The seeds are large, thick, and pure white ; the surface, in 

 appearance and to the touch, resembles glove-leather or 

 dressed goat-skin. About one hundred are contained in 

 an ounce. 



In favorable seasons 

 the Autumnal Marrow 

 Squash will be suffi- 

 ciently grown for use 

 early in August, and, 

 if kept from cold and 

 dampness, may be pre- 

 served till March. 



Mr. John M. Ives, 

 of Salem, who was 

 awarded a piece of sil- 

 ver plate by the Massachusetts Horticultural Society for the 

 introduction of this valuable variety, has furnished the follow- 

 ing statement relative to its origin and dissemination : 



SALEM, MASS., Feb. 7, 1858. 



DEAR SIR, As requested, I forward you a few facts relative 

 to the introduction of the Autumnal Marrow Squash, the cultiva- 

 tion of which has extended not only over our entire country, but 

 throughout Europe. In succeeds better in England than the 

 Crooknecks, and may be seen in great abundance every season at 

 Covent-Garden Market, in London. 



Early in the spring of 1831, a friend of mine from Northamp- 

 ton, in this State, brought to my grounds a specimen of this 

 vegetable, of five or six pounds' weight, which he called " Vegeta- 

 ble Marrow." As it bore no resemblance to the true Vegetable 

 Marrow, either in its form or color, I planted the seeds, and was 

 successful in raising eight or ten specimens. Finding it a superior 

 vegetable, with a skin as thin as the inner envelope of an egg, and 

 the flesh of fine texture, and also that it was in eating early in the 

 fall, I ventured to call it "Autumnal Marrow Squash." Soon a 

 drawing was made, and forwarded, with a description, to the 



