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Plant dwarf, of rather erect habit, and Early Yellow 

 about two feet and a half in height ; fruit loped, 



somewhat of a hemispherical form, expanded C Lo I w I ?i-TTp!N!'~ 



. . 1 YELLOW SUMMER 



at the edge, which is deeply and very regu- SCALLOP. 



larly scalloped. When suitable for use, it measures nearly 



five inches in diameter, and three inches in depth ; but, 



when fully matured, the diameter is 



often ten or twelve inches, and even 



upwards. Color yellow ; skin, while 



young, thin, and easily pierced, at 



maturity, hard and shell-like ; flesh 



pale yellow, tolerably fine-grained, and 



well flavored, not, however, quite so 



dry and sweet as that of the Summer Early Yellow Bush Scall P ed - 



Crookneck ; seeds broader in proportion to their length 



than the seeds of most varieties, and of small size, four 



hundred and twenty-five weigh an ounce. 



This variety has been common to the gardens of this 

 country for upwards of a century, during which period 

 the form and general character have been very slightly, if 

 at all, changed. When grown in the vicinity of the Bush 

 Slimmer Crookneck, the surface sometimes exhibits the 

 same wart-like excrescences ; but there is little difficulty in 

 procuring seeds that will prove true to the description 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 generally becomes coarse, 

 watery, strong flavored, and unfit for the table. 



An ornamental variety, generally cultivated E gg Squash, 

 for its peculiar egg-like fruit, which usually 

 measures three inches in length, and two inches or two and a 

 half in diameter. Skin, or shell, white. It is seldom used 

 as an esculent ; though, in its young state, the flesh is quite 

 similar in flavor and texture to that of the scalloped varie- 



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