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ties. " If trained to a trellis, or when allowed to cover a 

 dry branching tree, it is quite ornamental, and, in its ripened 

 state, is quite interesting, and attractive at public exhibi- 

 tions." Increase of size indicates mixture or deterioration. 



Green-striped " Plant dwarf, but of strong and vigorous 



habit ; fruit of small size, bell-shaped ; col- 

 ors dark green and white, striped. 



"An early but not productive sort, little cultivated at the 

 North or East, but grown to a considerable extent for the 

 New- York market. It is eaten both while green and when 

 fully ripe." 



Large A large variety of the Bush or Dwarf 



SU CSkntS: ted Summer Crookneck. Plant twelve feet 

 and upwards in length, running ; fruit of 

 the form of the last named, but of much greater propor- 

 tions, sometimes attaining a length of nearly two feet ; 

 skin clear, bright yellow, and thickly covered with the 

 prominent wart-like excrescences peculiar to the varieties ; 

 flesh greenish-yellow, and of coarser texture than that of the 

 Dwarf Summer Crookneck. Hardy, and very productive. 



Orange. Fruit of the size, form, and color of an or- 

 ange. Though generally cultivated for orna- 

 ment, and considered more curious than useful, " some of 

 them are the very best of the summer squashes for table 

 use ; far superior to either the scalloped or warted varie- 

 ties." When trained as directed for the Egg-squash, it is 

 equally showy and attractive. 



Autumn and Winter Varieties : 



Autumnal Plant twelve feet or more in length, mod- 



J. M. ive's. erately vigorous ; fruit ovoid, pointed at the 



BOSTON MAKROW. extremities, eight or nine inches in length, 



and seven inches in diameter ; stem very large, fleshy, and 



