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Waited Marrow Squash . 

 (| natural size). 



skin ; flesh a beautiful yellow, and of excellent quality. It ripens 



rather later than > the varieties described above, and keeps well 



long after the Etampes Pumpkin has disappeared from the 



market. 



Waited Marrow Squash. A vigorous plant, with stems from 



13 to over 1 6 ft. long. Large leaves, dark green, round, or some- 

 times undulated in outline. This 

 variety, raised in the neighbour- 

 hood of Bordeaux, is evidently 

 very closely allied to the Turk's 

 Cap. or Turban Gourd, but differs 

 from it in some very marked 

 characteristics. In the first place, 

 the enlargement in the upper part 

 of the fruit is very slight, and 

 sometimes altogether wanting; and 

 in the next, the whole surface of 

 the skin, when ripe, is covered with 



corky excrescences, somewhat like those seen on the skin of 



Netted Melons. This gives the variety a very distinct character. 



The flesh of the fruit is orange-coloured, very thick and sweet, 



and of excellent quality. 



Chestnut Squash. A vigorous plant, with stems from 13 to 



over 1 6 ft. long. Leaves round, entire, usually undulated at the 



edges. This is an excellent variety, with medium-sized or small 



fruit, somewhat flattened at 



the ends, but not concave, 



as Pumpkins often are. 



Ribs barely defined, or 



altogether wanting ; skin 



smooth, of an intense brick- 

 red colour ; flesh deep 



yellow, very thick, sweet, 



floury, and keeping well. 



A plant may carry three 



or four fruit well. 



Valparaiso Squash. 



Stems trailing, from 16 to 



nearly 20 ft. long. Leaves 



entire, somewhat elongated, 



toothed and spiny at the 



edges, of a clear green colour, sometimes silvery gray on the 



upper surface ; fruit oblong, narrowed at both ends, about 16 to 



20 in. long, and 12 to 14 in. in diameter in its widest part, and 



shaped something like a Lemon ; ribs faintly defined, or altogether 



wanting ; skin white, slightly tinged with gray, covered, when ripe, 



Chestnut Squash ( natural size). 



