THE SQUASH. 



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contracted a little at its junction with the fruit, the sum- 

 mit, or blossom-end, often tipped with a small nipple, or wart- 

 like excrescence ; skin remarkably thin, easily bruised or 

 broken, cream-yellow at the time of ripening., but changing 

 to red after harvesting, or by remaining on the plants after 

 full maturity ; flesh rich, salmon yellow, remarkably dry, 

 fine-grained, and in sweetness and excellence surpassed by 

 few varieties. The seeds are large, thick, and pure white : 

 the surface, in appearace and to the touch, resembles glove- 

 leather or dressed goat-skin. About one hundred are con- 

 tained in an ounce. 



In favorable seasons 

 the Autumnal Marrow 

 Squash will be suffi- 

 ciently grown for use 

 early in August ; and, 

 if kept from cold and 

 dampness, may be pre- 

 served till March. 



Introduced by Mr. 

 John M. Ives of Sa- 

 lem, Mass., in 1831 ; 

 now universally es- 

 teemed and cultivated in almost every section of the United 

 States. 



A sub-variety of the Vegetable Marrow, Bush, or 

 with a dwarf, reclining stem, two and a half tatJe^Marrow. 

 or three feet in height or length. The fruit 

 has the form and color of the running variety, but is of 

 smaller size, generally measuring six or seven inches in 

 length, and three or four inches in diameter. 



The variety is hardy, productive, comes early into use, 

 and will keep through the winter, though much inferior to 

 the Boston Marrow,*Hubbard, and like sorts, as a table vege- 

 table. It is excellent as a pie-squash, and is well suited for 



Autumnal Marrow Squash. 



