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The Cucurbits 



stems. These squashes are kept for winter; they should 

 have a dry and fairly warm place (temperature above 40°). 

 When they are grown extensively, special stove-heated 



houses are built for 

 them and they are 

 stored on shelves or in 

 shallow bins. To keep 

 well, the fruits must 

 be ripe, free from 

 bruises and internal 

 cracks, not frosted, and 

 have the stem on. These 

 squashes are Cucurhita maxima. They have a firm yellow 

 flesh, and a richer quality than others. They lend them- 

 selves well to baking. 



A third specific type is Cucurhita, moschata,, to which be- 

 long the Cushaws, Winter Crookneck (Fig. 185), Dunkard, 

 Tennessee Sweet Potato Pumpkin, and others. In the 

 South the varieties of this species are common, but most 



185. winter crookneck (X %)• 



186, Seeds of squash (somewhat 

 enlarged). 



187. Seedlings of squash (X 2/6). 



of them are only indifferently successful in the North. 

 They are famous pie pumpkins in the Southern States. 



The illustrations will aid in distinguishing some of the 

 classes; and Pigs. 186 and- 187 show seeds and seedlings of 



