TABLE OF CONTENTS 



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CHAPTER 



Preface 



I. History of the Cultivated Cucurbits. 



II. Systematic Botany of the Cultivated 

 Cucurbits 



III. Squashes and Pumpkins 



Classifications 



Cucurbita maxima 



Horticultural History 



Descriptions of Varieties. . . . 

 Cucurbita Pepo 



Horticultural History 



Descriptions of Varieties .... 

 Cucurbita moschata 



Horticultural History 



Descriptions of Varieties. . . . 



Supplementary List of Obscure Varieties . . 

 References 



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IV. Muskmelons . 



V. Cucumbers. 



Horticultural History 



Discussion of Classifications. 

 Descriptions of Varieties. . . . 

 Supplementary List of 



Obscure Varieties 



References 



Horticultural History 



Discussion of Classifications. 

 Descriptions of Varieties . . . 

 Supplementary List of 



Obscure Varieties 



References 



Appendix 



Methods 



Acknowledgments . 



Glossary 



Index 



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ILLUSTRATIONS 



Squash and Pumpkin 



Banana 



Boston Marrow 



Golden Hubbard 



Essex Hybrid 



Hubbard 



Mammoth 



Marblehead 



Turks Cap 



Warren 



English Vegetable Marrow 



Fordhook 



Perfect Gem 



Golden Oblong 



Italian Vegetable Marrow 



Mandan 



Small Sugar 



Sandwich Island 



Summer Crookneck 



Table Queen 



White Bush Scallop 



Winter Luxury 



Cheese 



Green Striped Cushaw 



Tennessee Sweet Potato 



Muskmelon 



Bay View .... 



Bender 



Christiana .... 

 Cosmopolitan . 



Enid 



Emerald Gem . 



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Fordhook 



Extra Early Grand Rapids . 



Kinsman Queen 



Honey Rock 



Golden Champlain 



Knight 



McCotter's Pride 



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Cucumber 



Early Fortune 94 



Arlington White Spine 94 



Cumberland 95, 96 



Early Cyclone 95 



Irish Queen 96 



Early Frame 97 



Noroton Select White Spine 97 



Extra Long White Spine 98 



Windsor Pickling 98 



Capital 99 



Lemon 99 



National Pickle 100 



Boston Pickling 100 



Snow's Pickling 100 



Parisian Pickle 101 



Perfected Pickle 101 



Peerless White Spine 102 



Price's Hybrid 103 



Mature cucumber fruits 104 



Salad 105 



White Wonder 105 



Vaughan 106 



Davis Perfect 106 



West India Gherkin 107 



