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young fruit should be regularly taken off for use ; and, when 

 the plant has acquired strength, a moderate quantity should 

 be allowed to set for maturity. Sufficient for this purpose 

 being reserved, the young fruit that may be subsequently 

 formed should be removed for use in a very young state. 

 The vines, or shoots, may be allowed to run along the sur- 

 face of the ground, or they may be trained against a wall, 

 or on palings or trellises. 



The seed should be planted at the same time and in 

 the same manner as those of the Winter Crookneck or 

 Boston Marrow. 



Wilder. The Wilder Squash was produced, about 



STETSON'S HY- 

 BRID, twelve years since, from the Valparaiso and 



the Autumnal Marrow, by Mr. A. W. Stetson, of Braintree, 

 Mass. ; and was named for the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, a 

 gentleman widely known for his patriotic devotion to the 

 advancement of agricultural and pomological science in the 

 United States. 



The plant is a strong grower, and resembles that of the 

 Valparaiso. The fruit is somewhat ovoid, but rather irregu- 

 lar in form, broadly and faintly ribbed (sometimes, however, 

 without rib-markings), and varies in weight from twelve to 

 thirty pounds and upwards ; stem large, striated or reticu- 

 lated, and often turned at right angles near its connection 

 with the fruit, the opposite extremity terminates in the 

 wart-like excrescence peculiar to the class ; skin reddish- 

 yellow, not unlike that of the Autumnal Marrow ; the flesh 

 is remarkably thick, of a salmon-yellow color, sweet and well- 

 flavored. In some forms of cookery, and especially for pies, 

 it is esteemed equal, if not superior, to any other variety. 

 When served in the customary manner of serving squash at 

 table, it is inferior to the Hubbard or Autumnal Marrow. 

 The seeds are white. 



