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small seeds, come from CabuP. Hasselquist- observes the inhab- 

 itants of Cyprus called a variety having a small stem and barren ^ ^^ 

 flowers Balaustia. In i860 cuttings from a seedless variety from 

 Palestine, described as bearing fruit much esteemed in Syria, were 



ctirbita juaxinm, C. Pepo and C. moschata are crossed, no seed or 

 only sterile seed are produced^. L have also observed that the 

 finer quality squashes and C. moschata pumpkins contain few^er 

 seed than those of inferior quality. In the Barbadoes^ there are 



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mentioned by Hughes four kinds, the white, the blue, the mar- 

 bled and the garden pumpkin. ** The latter differs from all the 

 rest by having no seed ; but is propagated by slips." 



Raspberry. Rubus, sp. (RosACE.ii;). 



In some observations made on the number of seed''' to a berry, 

 t\\^ Davidson's Thornless averaged 34.2; the Caroline 47; the 



1 Dutt. Hindvv. Mat. Med. 166. 



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2 Voy. and I'rav. in the Levant, 1766, p. 247. 



3 U. S. Pat. Off. Kept., 1S60, 34. 



4 Pliny, lib. xxiii. c. 57 ; lib. xiii. c. 34. 



5 Geoponics, lib. 4. c. 7 ; lib. 10, c. 31. 



6 Pall. lib. 3. c. 29. 



7 Col. lib. V. c, 10 ; also Col. arb. c, 23. 



8 Darwin, An. and PL i.430. 



9 Hughes, Barb. 1750, p. 137. 



10 N, Y. Ag. Ex. Sta. Rept. 1882, p, 80. 



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This seedless fruit was mentioned also by the ancients. Pli- 

 ny* says the sweet pomegranates known by the name of apyrena 

 are generally considered to be injurious to the stomach. He 

 further describes this apyrena as being seedless, of a whiter color 

 than the others, and of a more agreeable flavor. In the Geopo- 

 nics^ Africanus gives directions how to raise pomegranates that 

 shall be seedless, and so also does Palladius^ and Columella^ from 



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Pomelo. Citrus decumana, L, (Eutace^.) 



A seedless variety of the Pomelo is said to be grown in Flor- 

 ida, as Mr. Vandeman informs me. 



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Pumpkin. Cucurbita, sp. (Cucurbitace^). 



According to the experience of Ch. Naudin, when the Cu- 1 



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