PUMPKINS 



327 



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it ripens rather late. The Courge Pleine rfAlger and the Courge 



des Bedouins appear to be 



identical with this kind. 



In Italy a gigantic variety 



is grown, the fruit of 



which, usually slightly 



curved, often measures 



upwards of 3 ft. in length, 



and weighs from 33 to 



44 Ib. 



Early Carpet-bag 



Gourd, or Early Nea- 

 politan Squash. This 



variety resembles the pre- 

 ceding one in habit of 



growth, and only differs 



from it in the smaller size 



of its fruit, and its much 



greater earliness, which 



renders it a very valuable 



plant, and one to be re- 

 commended for the climate 



of the north of France in 



preference to the previous 



variety. 



Mirepoix Musk Squash. Stem strong and trailing, leaves 



large, erect, with rounded lobes. Fruit pear-shaped, slightly ribbed, 



dark green streaked with light green. The flesh is dark red, firm, 



fragrant, and keeps well. A 

 variety raised in the south 

 of France, ripens well at 

 Paris, but not so well farther 

 north. 



Yokohama Gourd. 

 The only flat-fruited variety 

 of Cucurbita inoschata that 

 we know of is the Yokohama 

 Gourd, a Japanese variety 

 that has often been intro- 

 duced into Europe. It is a 

 plant of very rampant habit 

 and somewhat late in ripen- 

 ing. Fruit flattened in shape, 

 especially on the portion sur- 

 rounding the eye, generally 



twice as broad as long, sometimes even more so, of a very dark 



Mirepoix Musk Squash. 



Yokohama Gourd ( natural size). 



