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varieties which have sprung from Cucurbita Pepo. They are not 

 climbing or creeping plants, and have large leaves, of a clear 

 green colour, entire, or with five faintly marked lobes. The fruit 



is very much flattened, and 

 is much broader than long, 

 and the outline, instead of 

 being rounded, exhibits five 

 or six projections or blunt 



Elector's-cap, or Custard, Marrow (\ natural size). 



Ydlow Cugtard 



teeth, which are either diverging from, or more or less curved 

 back towards the stalk end of the fruit. The fruit of all the 

 Custard Marrows is pretty solid, and the flesh is firm, not very 

 sweet, but rather floury ; the skin is very smooth, and variable in 

 colour and thickness. The seed is very small, compared with that 



of the other varieties 

 of Cucurbita Pepo. 



The following are 

 the most commonly 

 grown varieties : 



Yellow Custard 

 Marrow. This seems 

 to be the original 

 variety or type of the 

 cultivated Custard 

 Marrows. The skin of 

 the fruit is a uniform 

 butter-yellow, and the 

 teeth or divisions of the 

 crown are very pro- 

 minent and curved back 

 in the direction of the 

 stalk. 



Green Custard 

 Marrow. Fruit (un- 

 ripe) dark green, nearly entirely so, or faintly marbled. The colour 

 is very deep at first, but turns yellow as the fruit ripens. 



White Bush Scallop Custard Marrow. 



