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markable degree, even when grown 

 under the most unfavorable circum- 

 stances. Seeds, obtained from a 

 gardener, who had cultivated the 

 variety indiscriminately among nu- 

 merous summer and winter kinds 

 for upwards of twenty years, pro- 

 duced specimens uniformly true 

 to the normal form, color, and 

 quality. It is hardy and pro- 

 ductive, good for table use, excel- 

 lent for pies, and well deserving 

 of cultivation. 



Puritan Squash. 



Plant similar in character to that of the Hub- Sweet-Potato 



Sq.uash.. 

 bard or Autumnal Marrow ; fruit twelve or 



fourteen inches long, seven or eight inches thick, some- 

 times ribbed, but frequently without rib-markings ; oblong, 



Sweet Potato Squash. 



tapering to the ends, which are often bent or curved in the 

 manner of some of the types of the Hubbard ; stem of me- 

 dium size, striated ; skin ash-green, with a smooth, polished 

 surface ; flesh salmon-yellow, thick, fine-grained, dry, and 

 sweet, if the variety is pure, and the fruit well matured, 



