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Color, bluish-green, occasionally marked with brownish- 

 orange or yellow. Flesh, fine-grained, dry, and of excel- 



Fig. 95. HUBBAKD SQUASH. 



lent flavor. It can be had in use from September to 

 May. Plant in hills eight feet apart. 



Marblehead. An excellent variety, introduced by 

 Mr. Gregory. The flesh is rather lighter in color than 

 that of the Hubbard, but it resembles that variety in 

 shape, although it has a harder shell. It is productive, 

 of rich and excellent flavor, and a fine keeper. Plant 

 eight feet apart. 



Mammoth Chili, Grows to an immense size, often 

 weighing 200 pounds. Excellent for all purposes. Plant 

 nine feet apart. 



Winter Crook-Xeck, A variety largely grown in some 

 of the Eastern States, where it is often kept the entire 

 winter. Skin, reddish-pink when. matured ; flesh, close- 

 grained and sweet. Plant in hills nine feet apart. 



Vegetable Marrow, A favorite English sort. The 

 fruit is very variable in size, ranging from nine to eighteen 



