208 CUCURBITACEOUS PLANTS. 



It is one of the hardiest and most productive of all varie- 

 ties. Crops are recorded of fourteen tons from an acre. It 

 is esteemed by some for pies ; but, as a table squash, is in- 

 ferior to most other sorts. Its great yield makes it worthy 

 the attention of agriculturists, as it would doubtless prove a 

 profitable variety to be cultivated for stock. 



From the habit of the plant, the form and character of the 

 fruit, and its great hardiness and productiveness, it appears 

 to be allied to the Vegetable Marrow. 



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Egg-Shaped, Fruit large, weighing from fifteen to twenty 

 or Beeves. 



Thomp. pounds ; but in rich, highly manured soil, and 



with only a few on each plant, it may be grown to upwards 

 of fifty pounds' weight. It is short, ovate, sometimes taper- 

 ing rather abruptly. Skin, or shell, hard, of a reddish color ; 

 flesh firm, red, excellent in a ripe state cooked as a vegetable, 

 or in any other way in which squashes are prepared. The 

 stems run to a great length, and bear all along most abun- 

 dantly. Altogether, it is a sort highly deserving of cul- 

 tivation. 



It was brought into notice by John Beeves, Esq., who has 

 contributed to horticulture many valuable plants from China, 

 where he resided for many years. 



Plant in hills eight feet apart, and thin to two plants 

 to a hill. 



Honolulu. Plant twelve feet or more in length, remark- 



ably strong and vigorous ; leaves very large, leaf-stems 

 often three feet and upwards in length ; fruit large, oblate, 

 depressed about the stem, broadly, and sometimes deeply, 

 but in general faintly, ribbed ; skin moderately thick, but 

 not shell-like, of an ash-green color, often striped and va- 

 riegated with drab or lighter shades of green ; flesh red- 

 dish-orange, very thick, of good flavor, but less dry and 



