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but there is little difficulty in procuring seeds that will prove true to the descrip- 

 tion above given. 



Like the Summer Crookneck, the scalloped squashes are used while young, 

 or in a green state. After the hardening of the skin, or shell, the flesh generallv 

 becomes coarse, watery, strong-flavored, and unfit for tlie table. The hills 

 should be made about four feet apart, and tliree plants allowed to a hill. Season 

 from the beginning of July to the middle or last of August. 



Large Summer Warted Crookneck. — A large variety of the Bush or Dwa'-f 

 Summer Crookneck. Plant twelve feet and upwards in length, running ; fruit 

 of the form of the green striped Bergen, bell-shaped, but of much greater pro- 

 portions, sometimes attaining a length of nearly two feet ; skin clear, bright-yel- 

 low, and thickly covered with the prominent, wart-like excrescences peculiar to 

 the varieties ; flesh greenish-j-ellow, and of coarser te.xture than that of the Dwarf 

 Summer Crookneck. Hardy, and very productive. The hills should be made 

 six feet apart. 



A iitujiinal Marrow. — Plant twelve feet or more in length, moderately vii-or- 

 ous ; fruit ovoid, pointed at the extremities, eight or nine inches in length, and 

 seven inches in diameter ; stem very large, fleshy, and contracted a little at its 

 junction with the fruit ; the summit or blossom-end often tipped with a small 

 nipple, or wart-like excrescence ; skin remarkably thin, easily bruised and broken, 

 cream-yellow at the time of ripening, but changing to red after harvesting, or by 



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remaining on the plants after full maturity; flesh rich, salmon yellow, remarka- 

 bly dry, fine-grained, and, in sweetness and excellence, surpassed by few varieties. 

 The seeds are large, thick, and pure white : the surface, in appearance and to the 

 touch, resembles glove-leather or dressed goatskin. About a hundred are con- 

 tained in an ounce. In favorable seasons, the Autumnal Marrow Squash will be 

 sufficiently grown for use early in August, and, if kept from cold and dampness, 

 may be preserved till March 



Canada Crookfieck. — The plants of this variety are similar in habit to those 

 of the Common Winter Crookneck ; but the foliage is smaller, and the growtli 

 less luxuriant. In point of size, the Canada Crookneck is the smallest of its 

 class. When the variety is unmixed, the weight seldom exceeds five or six 

 pounds. It is sometimes bottle-formed ; but the neck is generally small, solid, 



