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curved, or of the shape of a hunter's horn. The latter is 

 the most desirable. It is not cultivated or generally known 

 in New England or in the northern portions of the United 

 States ; for though well suited to Louisiana and other portions 

 of the South, where it is much esteemed, it is evidently too 

 tender for cultivation where the seasons are comparatively 

 short and cool. 



In an experimental trial by the late Dr. Harris, specimens 

 raised from seed received from New Jersey " did not ripen 

 well, and many decayed before half ripe." 



The Crooknecks of New England "" may be distinguished 

 from the Cashaw by the want of a persistent style, and by 

 their furrowed and club-shaped fruit-stems." 



Cocoa-Nut Fruit oval, elongated, sixteen to twenty inches 



Squash.. 

 COCOA SQUASH, in length, eight or ten inches in diameter, and 



weighing from fifteen to twenty pounds and upwards ; skin 



Cocoa-nut Squash. 



thin, easily pierced or broken, of an ash-gray color, spotted, 

 and marked with light drab and nankeen-brown, the fur- 

 rows dividing the ribs light drab ; stem small ; flesh deep 

 orange-yellow, of medium thickness ; seeds pure white, 

 broader in proportion to their length than those of the 

 Hubbard or Boston Marrow. 



