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Plant similar in character and appearance Hubbard. 

 to that of the Autumnal Marrow ; fruit J ' J - H - Gre dory. 

 irregularly oval, sometimes ribbed, but often without rib- 

 markings, from eight to ten inches in length, seven or eight 

 inches in diameter, and weighing from seven to nine pounds, 

 some specimens terminate quite obtusely, others taper 

 sharply towards the extremities, which are frequently bent 

 or curved ; skin, or shell, dense and hard, nearly one-eighth 

 of an inch thick, and overspread with numerous small pro- 

 tuberances ; stem fleshy, but not large ; color variable, 

 always rather dull, and usually clay-blue or deep olive- 

 green,' the upper surface, if long exposed to the sun, as- 

 suming a brownish cast, and the under surface, if deprived 

 of light, becoming orange-yellow ; flesh rich salmon-yellow, 

 thicker than that of the Autumnal Marrow, fine-grained, 

 sweet, dry, and of most excellent flavor, in this last 

 respect resembling that of roasted or boiled chestnuts ; 

 seeds white, similar to those of the Autumnal Marrow. 

 Season from September to June ; but the flesh is dryest and 

 sweetest during autumn and the early part of winter. 



The Hubbard Squash 

 should be grown in hills 

 seven feet apart, and 

 three plants allowed to a 

 hill. It is essential that 

 the planting be made as 

 far as possible from simi- 

 lar varieties, as it mix- 

 es, or hybridizes, readily 

 with all of its kind. In 

 point of productiveness, 



it is nearly equal to the Autumnal Marrow. The average 

 yield from six acres was five tons of marketable squashes to 

 the acre. 



The original squash was green, and the blue sub- variety 

 is believed to have been produced by a cross with the Sweet- 



