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for stock food is called a pumpkin, whatever its 

 variety. 



The earliest form of squash with which I 

 worked was the winter or Canada crookneck, 

 which in my boyhood was one of the most pop- 

 ular of squashes. It had run into several forms, 

 one being of immense size with a short and heav- 

 ier neck. The summer crookneck squash, also 

 common at that time, was a long, bright yellow, 

 warty squash, grown for summer use. Another 

 form, somewhat less familiar here but very pop- 

 ular in England, is the vegetable marrow. The 

 scallop or pattypan type of bush squash has also 

 attained popularity in some regions, being an 

 especially early variety. 



There was a squash introduced some years ago 

 under the name of coconut which is a splendid 

 keeper, lasting from harvest time to harvest 

 time, although not improving in quality after 

 the first six months. 



THE HUBBARD SQUASH 



The Hubbard squash was introduced by J. J. 

 H. Gregory, of Marblehead, Mass., and it is 

 probably on the whole the best or about the best 

 squash now under cultivation. It is of a very 

 rich, sweet quality and is a splendid keeper. Mr. 

 Gregory obtained the first seed of this squash 



