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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



The Waited Hubbard was developed by the Budlong 

 Gardens of Chicago from the original Hubbard and 

 after several years trial was introduced in 1894 by 

 Vaughan's Seed Store of Chicago. 



Maturity was attained in 120 days at Geneva, 5 

 days earlier than Banana and Victor, in season with 

 Blue Hubbard and 5 days later than the regular 

 Hubbard. The vines are more vigorous than those of 

 Hubbard and have pistillate flowers which are consider- 

 ably larger. The fruits are thicker, decidedly more 

 heavily warted and have flesh which is darker and 

 more uniform in color. 



Plant trailing; vines medium coarse, vigorous, 15-18 feet: 

 branches moderately many, basal and occasionally medial. Cotyle- 

 dons moderately long and broad, 3x2 inches, oval; apex moderately 

 rounded; color medium green. Leaves very shallowly lobed, 

 medium large, 10 x 16 inches; margin denticulate, moderately 

 frilled; surface moderately smooth, occasionally somewhat crumpled; 

 color medium green; petiole long and medium heavy, 18-20 inches; 

 flower — pistillate, large, 7 inches across, lemon yellow; ovary some- 

 what fusiform, slightly tapering at both ends, enlarged at the medial; 

 sepals moderately short and very slender, • g inch. — staminate, 

 medium large, 5 ' j inches across; sepals medium long and moderately 

 slender, 1-1 '4 inches; pedicle moderately short, 7-8 inches. 



Fruit medium large, 12-14 x 10-12 inches; weight 12-15 

 pounds. Shape thick falcate-fusiform; ribbed irregularly; 

 furrows deep; surface heavily and deeply wrinkled and warted; 

 blossom scar with button ^4— 1 inch. Skin color deep dull green 

 dusky olive green) marked with narrow, pale green (pea green) 

 stripes which radiate from the apex, J 4 to J^j the length of the fruit, 

 often obscure. Fruit stalk short, 2 ] 2~3 inches, round, slightly 

 curved, rough and corky. Shell very hard, woody and thick to 

 very thick, ' [— % inch. Flesh medium thick at the medial, 1-1 '4 

 inches, thick at the apex, 2-2 ' o inches, and very thick at the base, 

 usually solid flesh, 3 inches or more; texture very fine, dry, tender, 

 crisp, occasionally somewhat lumpy; moderately sweet and well 

 flavored; quality very good; color deep yellow I deep chrome 1. Seed 

 cavity moderately large, contains much placental tissue, rather 

 stringy, moderately easy to remove. 



Seed moderately large; moderately long and narrow, moder- 

 ately plump, 2.12 x 1.12 x .42 cm. (104 per oz.); face wrinkled, 

 glossy white; margin rounded, smooth. 



Cocoa-Nut. Refs. 24, 56. Syn. Cocoa. 



This is a variety which was often confused with 

 Valparaiso because of the number of varied colored 

 strains grown under that name. A specimen of Cocoa 

 was shown at a Massachusetts Horticultural Society 

 exhibit in 1856 by E. M. Richards of Dedham, Massa- 

 chusetts, and was listed by Breck in 1838 and by Thor- 

 burn in 1847. It was undoubtedly one of the early 

 squash which was brought in with ships or as treasured 

 trophies cr importations. 



In shape and general character of the color pattern 

 this variety seems to resemble Virginia Mammoth, a 

 moschata variety. The color of its seeds, however, 

 classifies it as a maxima sort of which there is nothing 

 quite like it in type. It apparently was exceedingly 

 variable in quality and therefore probably variable in 

 other respects. 



Fruit large, 16-20 x 8-10 inches; weight 15-20 pounds. Shape 

 oblong to oval, slightly enlarged near the apex: ribbed obscurely, 

 furrows very shallow. Skin color ash gray spotted and marked 

 with light drab along the furrows. Fruit stalk small. Shell thin, 

 soft. Flesh medium thick, variable in texture, dryness and sweet- 



ness, deep orange yellow. Seeds pure white, broader in proportion 

 to their length than those of Hubbard or Boston Marrow. 



Crown. Refs. 39, 40. Syns. Improved Crown, Select 

 Crown. 



This variety from Australia shows relationship to 

 the turban shaped varieties which were commonly 

 grown in this country 30 years ago. It is popular in 

 Australia and is used both for pies and as a cooked 

 vegetable. 



It is one cf the latest winter squashes, having 

 required 140 days to attain maturity at Geneva. This 

 was more than three weeks later than Hubbard, 10 days 

 later than Etampes and 5 days later than Triangle. 

 The vines are decidedly more vigorous than those of 

 Hubbard and have much longer petioles and flower 

 pedicles. The fruits are much smaller than Hubbard, 

 somewhat shaped like Bay State but have more rounded 

 shoulders, smaller seed cavity and darker colored flesh. 



Plant trailing; vines coarse, very vigorous. 20-25 feet; branches 

 many, basal, medial and apical. Cotyledons medium long and 

 broad, 2 ' 2 x 2 inches; nearly round; apex rounded; veining moder- 

 ately prominent; color medium green. Leaves very shallowly 

 lobed, moderately large, 11x17 inches; margin slightly serrated at 

 the base, otherwise denticulate, moderately frilled; surface moder- 

 ately smooth; color dark green; petiole very long and moderately 

 slender, 18-22 inches. Flower — pistillate, moderately large, 6 

 inches across, pale orange, veins prominent, moderately dark 

 green, petals slightly curved; ovary drum-like; sepals moderately 

 short and medium slender, 3 4-'s inch; — staminate, moderately 

 small, 4 ! j inches across, petals distinctly curved, veins slightly 

 lighter green; sepals medium long and medium heavy, 1 inch; 

 pedicle long, 10-12 inches. 



Fruit small, 6—7 x 9-10 inches; weight 10-12 pounds. Shape 

 drum -like, sides and shoulders moderately curved; apex slightly 

 depressed, base flattened; ribbed moderately wide; furrows shallow; 

 surface smooth. Blossom scar with button J 4— ' _> inch, in center of 

 acorn 2-5 inches in diameter, usually depressed, occasionally pro- 

 tuberant, giving the fruit a crown-like appearance. Skin color 

 gray storm gray) occasionally mottled with light gray court 

 gray). Fruit stalk moderately long, 4-5 inches, curved, rough and 

 corky. Shell hard and moderately thick, K-'i inch. Flesh 

 moderately thick at the base and medial, 1 '4-1 J i inches, moderately 

 thin at the apex, 3 ( -l inch; texture moderately fine, very firm and 

 hard, slightly stringy, moderately dry; moderately sweet, fair 

 flavor; quality fair to moderately good; color deep yellow capucine 

 yellow . Seed cavity moderately small, in center and nearest the 

 apex; placental tissue abundant, moist, very stringy, difficult to 

 remove. 



Seed moderately large; moderately long, medium broad and 

 plump, 2.1 x 1.3 x .48 cm. 1 88 per oz. 1 : face smooth or slightly pitted, 

 moderately glossy brown 1 snuff brown 1 1; margin prominent, slightly 

 swollen, rounded, smooth, pale buff cream buff/ in color. 



Delicious. Refs. 30, 31, 32, 33, 41, 60, 61, 73, 81, 97, 

 112, 122, 129. Syn. New Delicious Winter. 

 It has been said " A squash without fine quality is 

 no better than a pumpkin and is not worth raising." 

 Delicious introduced by James J. H. Gregory & Sons 

 of Marblehead, Massachusetts, as a novelty in 1903, is 

 regarded by many as the finest of all squashes in quality. 

 No statement of origin other than that given in the 

 Gregory catalog of 1904 has been found. This attributes 

 its origin to Faxon crossed with other sorts, among 

 them the large Brazilian blue varieties. From its 

 appearance no clue other than a shape somewhat like 



