THE SQUASH. 



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In favorable situations, and under high culture, six tons 

 have been obtained from an acre. 



A sub-variety prob- 

 ably the result of accli- 

 mation is known as 

 the Improved Turban. 

 Compared with the origi- 

 nal, the plant is hardier, 

 yields more abundantly, 

 and the fruit, besides 

 being quite as sweet and 

 delicate, is a much bet- 

 ter keeper, and nearly 



or quite equal in quality JmvanA Turban Squash< 



to that of the best Au- 

 tumnal Marrow. 



Plant running ; fruit oval, sixteen inches v 

 in length, ten or eleven inches in diameter, K f I S o TZ co 

 slightly ribbed, and largest at the blossom- 

 end, which often terminates in a wart-like excrescence ; 

 skin cream-white, sometimes smooth and polished, but often 

 more or less reticulated, or netted ; flesh thick, orange-yel- 

 low, generally dry, sweet, and well flavored, but sometimes 

 fibrous and watery ; seeds large, nankeen-yellow, smooth, 

 and glossy. 



The variety requires the whole season for its perfection. 

 It hybridizes readily with the Autumnal Marrow and 

 kindred sorts, and is kept pure with considerable difficulty. 

 It is in use from September to spring. 



Vegetable 



Marrow. 



Thomp. 



Plant twelve feet and upwards in length ; 

 fruit nine inches long, and of an elliptic 

 shape, but it is sometimes grown to twice 

 that length, and of an oblong form ; surface slightly 

 uneven, by irregular, longitudinal, obtuse ribs, which ter- 



