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Fruit oval, elongated, sixteen to twenty Cocoanut 

 inches in length, eight or ten inches in diam- cocoTsouAsn. 

 eter, and weighing from fifteen to twenty 

 pounds and upwards ; skin thin, easily pierced or broken, of 

 an ash-gray color, spotted and marked' with light drab and 

 nankeen-brown, the furrows dividing the ribs, light drab ; 

 stem small ; flesh deep orange-yellow, of medium thickness ; 

 seeds pure white, broader in proportion to their length than 

 those of the Hubbard or Boston Marrow. 



The quality of the Cocoanut Squash is extremely varia- 

 ble. Sometimes the flesh is fine-grained, dry, sweet, and of 

 a rich, nut-like flavor ; but well-developed and apparently 

 well-matured specimens are often coarse, fibrous, watery, 

 and unfit for table use. The variety ripens in September, 

 and will keep till March or April. 



Plant healthy and of vigorous habit, often Custard 

 twenty feet and upwards in length ; fruit oblong, quas ' 

 gathered in deep folds, or wrinkles, at the stem, near which it 



Custard Squash. 



is the smallest, abruptly shortened at the opposite extremity, 

 prominently marked by large, rounded, lengthwise eleva- 

 tions, and corresponding deep furrows, or depressions ; skin, 



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