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receptacle which, probably, is ordinarily closed at 

 the top, but in the turban squashes it does not 



Pig. 305. 

 Stem of Hubbard squash. 



Fig. 306. 

 Stem o£ Early Sugar pumpkin. 



close up, and the carpels roof over the cavity. 

 The squash, therefore, throws some light upon the 

 structure of the pome. 



356. The squash fruit is known as a pepo. 

 Other pepo fruits, belonging to the Cucurbitacese, 

 are pumpkins, gourds, cucumbers and melons. 



Suggestions. — There are probably no fruits which are so end- 

 lessly variable as the pumpkins and squashes, and none, there- 



