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Notes and Gleanings. 



vored ; seed white, comparatively short and small. The Turban Squash is not 

 early, and should have a rich, warm soil, and the advantage of the whole season. 

 Though its keeping-properties are not particularly good, it is early fit for the 

 table, and for use in autumn, or early in winter, must be classed as one of the best 

 of all varieties. The weight varies from five to eight pounds, and the specific 

 gravity is said to exceed that of any other known sort. 



After harvesting, the fruit should be immediately stored in a dry and warm 

 situation, laid upon the side to avoid injury to the seed or acorn end, which is 

 peculiarly liable to decay, and in this position remain undisturbed till required 

 for use. In favorable situations and under high culture, six tons have been 

 obtained from an acre. 



Winter Crookneck. — This is one of the oldest and most familiar of the winter 

 varieties. Plant hardy and vigorous ; fruit somewhat irregular in form, the neck 

 solid and nearly cylindrical, and the blossom-end more or less swollen. In some 

 specimens the neck is nearly straight, in others sweeping or circular, and some- 

 times the extremities nearly or quite approach each other ; size very variable, 

 being affected greatly both by soil and season, the weight ranging from six to 

 forty pounds and upwards ; color sometimes green, but, when fully mature, often 

 cream-yellow. The color, like that of the Canada Crookneck, frequently changes 



after being harvested. If green when plucked, it gradually becomes paler ; or, 

 if yellow when taken from the vines, it becomes, during the winter, of a reddish- 

 cream color ; flesh salmon-yellow, not uniform in texture or solidity, sometimes 

 coarse, stringy, and nearly worthless for the table ; seeds of medium size, gray- 

 ish-white, the border darker or brownish. About two hundred are contained in 

 an ounce. 



It is a hardy and productive variety ; ripens its crop with great certainty ; 

 suffers less from the depredations of insects than most of the winter sorts ; and, 

 if protected from cold and dampness during the winter months, will keep the 

 entire year. 



Wilder Squash. — The Wilder Squash was produced about twelve years 

 since from the Valparaiso and the Autumnal Marrow by Mr. A. W. Stetson of 

 Braintree, Mass. ; and was named for the Hon. M. P. Wilder, — a gentleman 

 widely known for his patriotic devotion to the advancement of agricultural and 

 pomological science in the United States. 



