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and becoming deeper toward apex, usually 1-2 obscure 

 sinuses between larger ones, subrugose, 3-4 celled; flesh 

 firm and sweet; seeds slightly acrid. The fruit has a 

 tendency to elongate, becoming subconical, often nippled 

 at the apex and sometimes obscurely furrowed. Intro- 

 duced 1887. Plate 22, f. 2. 



.H. ++ ++ Fruit pendent, very oblate. 



SQUASH.* Plant 1-2 ft. high with few stout, quite erect 

 branches. Peduncles 1-1-J- in. long, stout, much enlarged 

 toward calyx end. Fruit truncate, very oblate, 1-2 in. 

 long, 2-3 in. diam., usually with three or more deep fur- 

 rows extending from base to or near the apex and numer- 

 ous obscure ones about half as long, 2-3 celled ; flesh firm, 

 | i in. thick, rather insipid, slightly pungent, often with 

 a trace of tomato flavor. This is a very late variety and 

 not an abundant bearer. The fruit is excellent for 

 mangoes. Plate 24, and plate 25, f. 1. 



* Burr, Field & Gard. 624. 1863. Bailey, Bull. Mich. Agr, Col. 31 1 

 41. 1887. Red Tomato Capsicum or American Bonnet Pepper. Vilmorin- 

 And. Veg. Gard. 154. 1886 [Eng. ed. Robinson] . Squash or Tomato- 

 Shaped. Hend. Gard. for Profit 265. 1886 [3d ed.]. Red Tomato. 

 Bailey, Bull. Mich. Agr. Col. 31: 41. 1887. New Dwarf Early Red 

 Squash. Burpee, Cat. 1893. French, Piment tomate, Piment tomate nain 

 hatif. German, LiebesapfelfrUchtiger rother Pfeffer. 



Capsicum tetragonum Miller, Gard. Diet. 1771 [no. 8. ed. 6]. Linn. Syst. 



4:561. 1819 [ed. Rom. et Schult.]. Link, Enum. PI. Hort. Reg. 



Berol. 1:190. 1821. Fingerh. Monogr. Gen. Capsici 30. t. 10. 



f. d. 1832. Don, Hist. Dich. PI. 4:446. 1838. Miquel, Fl. Ned. 



Ind. 2:658. 1856. 



Capsicum annuum tetragonum Miller, Gard. Diet. 1797 [ed. Martyn], 

 Capsicum cydoniaeforme Hort. Linn. Syst. 4 : 661. 1819 [ed. Ro'm. et 



Schult.]. 



Capsicum tomatiforme Fingerh. in Steud. Nom. 279. 1840 [2d ed.]. 

 Capsicum dulce Hort. Dunal in DC. Prodr. 13 1 : 428. 1852. 

 Capsicum grossum lycopersicoides Vilmorin-And. Fl. Pleine Terre 884. 



1870 [3ded.]. 

 Piper Indicum fructu dependente Pomi amoris forma. Bauhin. Pinax 



102. 1623. Raius, Hist. PL 1 : 678. 1686. 

 Solanum mordens seu Capsicum latifolium mali Aethiopici, etc. Pluken- 



etius, Phyto. l.t.227.f.l. 1692. 



