PUMPKINS 



333 



clear green, large, toothed 



at the edges, and more or 



less divided into three or 



five rather pointed lobes ; 



fruit of a very bright orange 



colour, elongated, covered 



with numerous roundish 



excrescences, narrowed and 



most usually curved in the 



part next the stalk, and 



swollen at the other end, 



which, however, always ter- 

 minates in a point. This 



variety is less grown for 



the table than for ornament, 



like the Fancy Gourds. or Crook . neck s h u natural size)> 



From the hardness of its 



skin, the fruit is easily kept all through the winter, and never 



loses the fine orange colour which is peculiar to it. 



Large Tours Pump- 

 kin. Stems creeping, 16 

 to 20 ft. long ; leaves very 

 large, dark green in colour 

 \ with a few gray blotches, 

 sometimes entire, but most 

 usually divided into three 

 or five lobes ; fruit round 

 or long, generally flattened 

 at both ends, with faintly 

 marked ribs, and a smooth 

 skin of a pale or gray-green 

 colour marked with deeper 

 bands and marblings. The 

 fruit often weighs from 90 

 to no Ib. Its flesh is 

 yellow, not very thick, and 

 of middling quality. The 

 seed is very large. Its 

 germinating power lasts 

 for only four or five years. 

 This variety is generally 

 grown for feeding cattle 

 only. 



Custard Marrow. 

 The Custard Marrows are 



Large Tours Pumpkir. SOIHC of the most CUHOUS 



