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cucumbers, pumpkins, or the like, with, which they may 

 become mixed and spoiled. 



Mountain Sweet. This has long been a very popular 

 and leading market variety. Fruit large, long, and slen- 

 der, narrower near the stem than elsewhere ; skin rather 

 dark, sometimes marbled with various shades of green ; 

 flesh bright red, solid, and well-flavored ; seeds dark 

 brown and drab-mottled. 



Mountain Sprout, Another very popular variety. In 

 size, shape, and flesh, similar to the Mountain Sweet; 

 skin striped and marbled with light and darker green ; 

 seeds dun-colored. 



Black Spanish* Once very popular, but now rarely to 

 be found pure. Fruit large, and nearly round, somewhat 

 ribbed ; skin very dark green ; flesh bright scarlet, crisp, 

 and fine flavored; seeds nearly black, tinged with brown 

 at the small end. 



Gipsy. A comparatively new variety. Fruit medium 

 size, oval, and evenly formed ; skin beautifully marbled 

 with pale green and dull white ; flesh rosy red, crisp, and 

 most excellently flavored ; seeds small, pale, dun-colored, 

 distinctly marked with brown at the small end. 



Citron* This variety is grown and sold to some extent 

 for. preserving. Fruit small, round, and even; skin light 

 and dark green, striped and marbled; flesh pinkish white, 

 solid, and without flavor ; seeds red. 



OKRA. 



Okra or Gombo is most generally grown at the South. 

 I well remember, when my father was engaged in market- 

 gardening he always planted a few rows of okra, and the 

 product was readily sold in New York at remunerative 

 prices, and there is no doubt a limited quantity may be 

 annually grown in the farm-garden with profit. 



