102 Notes and Gleanings. 



inently marked by large, rounded, lengthwise elevations, and corresponding 

 deep furrows, or depressions ; skin, or shell, cream-white ; flesh pale yellow, 

 not remarkable for solidity or fineness of texture, but well flavored ; the seeds 

 yellowish-white, and readily distinguished from those of other varieties by their 

 long and narrow form. Under favorable conditions of soil and season, the Cus- 

 tard Squash attains a large size, often measuring twenty inches and upwards in 

 length, eight or ten inches in diameter, and weighing from eighteen to twenty- 

 five pounds. 



Honolulu. — Plant twelve feet or more in length, remarkably strong and vig- 

 orous ; leaves very large, leaf-stems often three feet and upwards in length ; 

 fruit large, oblate, depressed about the stem, broadly and sometimes deeply, but 



in general faindy ribbed ; skin moderately thick, but not shell-like, of an ash- 

 green color, often striped and variegated with drab or lighter shades of green ; 

 flesh reddish-orange, very thick, of good flavor, but less dry and sweet than that 

 of the Hubbard or Boston Marrow ; seeds large, white. 



This recently-introduced variety is hardy, productive, a good keeper, excel- 

 lent for pies, and by some esteemed for table-use. 



Specimens frequently occur of a reddish cream-color, striped and marked 

 with drab or pale yellow. 



Puritan. — Plant ten feet and upwards in length ; leaves clear green, of me- 

 dium size ; fruit bottle-formed, fourteen or fifteen inches long, and about ten 

 inches in diameter at the broadest part ; neck solid, four or five inches in diam- 

 eter ; average weight eight or ten pounds ; skin thin, usually white or cream- 

 white, striped and marked with green, though specimens sometimes occur from 

 unmixed seed uniformly green ; flesh pale yellow, dry, sweet, mild, and well fla- 

 vored ; seeds of medium size, white. Season from August to January. This 

 variety, long common to gardens in the vicinity of the Old Colony, retains its 

 distinctive character to a remarkable degree, even when grown under the most 

 unfavorable circumstances. Seeds obtained from a gardener who had cultivated 

 the variety indiscriminately among numerous summer and winter kinds for up- 

 wards of twenty years produced specimens uniformly true to the normal form, 



