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of the fruit more or less cracked and netted. Some cultivators prefer 



the latter, saying that it has thicker flesh. It appears to us to be a 



reversion towards the 

 Large Yellow variety. 

 Nicaise Pumpkin. 

 A reduced form of 

 the preceding, and 

 rougher and more 

 netted. Each plant can 

 produce three or four 

 small fruit, which for 

 the use of small families 

 is more convenient than 

 two large fruit 



Large Green 

 Pumpkin. Fruit 

 large, rather flattened, 

 with a dark green skin, 

 which is often cracked 

 or netted when ripe. 

 It is a good hardy 

 variety, but the follow- 

 ing kind is now rather 

 more in favour. 

 Spanish Gourd or Pumpkin. Stems 10 to 13 ft. long ; leaves 



of medium size, roundish, of a dark green slightly tinged with 



ash colour ; fruit of medium size or even small, very much 



flattened, hollowed on both ends ; skin green, often very finely 



netted, which gives it a 



gray tint ; flesh bright 



yellow, very thick, and 



keeping good for a very 



long time. This excellent 



variety, which is in very 



great demand in the 



markets, has the advantage 



of producing fruit of a 



moderate size, which are 



generally more convenient 



for family use than the 



very large kinds, which 



often become spoiled before 



the whole of them Can be Spanish Gourd or Pumpkin. 



eaten, all kinds of Gourds 



being very difficult to keep after the skin is cut. When growing, 



the plant will carry two or three fruit well. 



Nicaise Pumpkin. 



