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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Sibley. Refs. 10, 14, 21, 26, 27, 33, 38, 41, 47, 59, 64, 

 73, 98, 107, 115, 118, 120, 129, 130. Syns. New 

 Sibley, Pike"s Peak. 



The Sibley or Pike's Peak squash had a local 

 reputation for many years but until 1887, when it was 

 sent out by Hiram Sibley & Co., Rochester, New York, 

 it was unknown in the trade. According to C. L. Allen 

 it was found in the hands of an elderly lady in Van 

 Dinam, Iowa, who had grown it for 50 or more years 

 in Missouri. F. B. Van Orman of Iowa, a truck 

 gardener, was also interested in its early development. 

 The light brown color of the seed attracted the attention 

 of eastern growers and it is possible that this was the 

 first of the brown -seeded varieties to be cultivated in 

 that section. 



Brown -seeded Winnebago is known to have come 

 from an Indian source and Banana, also with brown 

 seeds, is thought to have come from Mexico. The 

 Sibley may then have had its origin from Indian 

 agriculture. 



Sibley matured at Geneva in 120 days, in season 

 with Blue Hubbard and 5 days later than Marblehead 

 and Hubbard. Vines are much the same as those of 

 Hubbard but have smaller flowers. The fruits are 

 smoother than those of Marblehead and Blue Hubbard 

 and very similar in color. 



Plant trailing; vines medium coarse, moderately vigorous, 

 12-15 feet; branches moderately many, basal. Cotyledons medium 

 long and broad, 2 g x 2 x .. inches; short oval; apex tapered; veining 

 prominent; color grayish green. Leaves small, 9 x 12 inches, very 

 shallowly lobed; margin slightly serrated near the base, otherwise 

 denticulate, slightly frilled; surface moderately smooth; color 

 moderately dark green; petiole moderately short and moderately 

 slender, 12-14 inches. Flower — pistillate, small, 3j£-4 inches 

 across; yellow ovary somewhat fusiform, slightly curved; sepals short 

 and very slender, ' j inch; — staminate, moderately small, 4 1 j inches 

 across; sepals moderately short and moderately slender, 3 4 inch; 

 pedicle moderately short, 7-8 inches. 



Fruit moderately small, 10-12 x 8-9 inches; weight 8-10 

 pounds. Shape obpyriform; ribbed rather narrowly; furrows 

 shallow; surface smooth; blossom scar with button 'j- S 4 inch. 

 Skin color bluish gray (court gray | which during storage is replaced 

 with pinkish buff light ochraceous salmon). Flesh medium thick 

 at medial, 1-1 '4 inches, base and apex slightly thicker; texture very 

 fine, tender, slightly moist; slightly sweet and fair flavor; quality 

 fair; color pale orange (orange buff); seed cavity moderately large; 

 placental tissue abundant, moderately dry, tender, easily removed. 



Seed medium large; medium long and broad, moderately 

 plump 1.87 s 1.06 x .41 cm. 124 per oz. 1 : face smooth, glossy 

 brown dark fawn 2); margin distinct, slightly ridged, rounded, 

 smooth, Jight buff 1 cream buff J in color. 



Tree. Refs. 14, 49, 50. Syn. Zapillito Del Trunco. 



James J. H. Gregory, Marblehead, Massachusetts, 

 offered this variety in 1885 as a new sort from Brazil. 

 Goff in the New York Agricultural Experiment Station 

 Report for 1887 reports that it is " the only variety 

 of C. maxima grown at the Station in which the vine 

 is not distinctly running." This bush maxima has not 

 been offered by the seed trade and the strain grown at 

 Geneva in 1935 came from seed sent from Italy. 



Mature fruits of this variety were produced at 

 Geneva in 90 days, the earliest of any maxima variety. 

 This was 10 days earlier than Boston Marrow and 



Buttercup. The plants are unlike any other maxima 

 variety in that it is a bush or semi-trailing type. After 

 the crown set of fruit is well developed an occasional 

 trailer is produced. This ordinarily occurs rather late 

 and consequently any fruit which sets never obtains 

 normal size. The mature fruits are much like those of 

 Mediterranean and Red China in shape, and therefore 

 entirely different than any modern sort. 



Plant bush, occasionally semi-trailing late in the season; stem 

 short and coarse, rather vigorous grower, not branched ; vines when 

 present 4-6 feet long. Cotyledons medium long and moderately 

 broad, 2'_> x 1 :; 4 inches, short oval, apex rounded. Leaves nearly 

 entire, moderately large, 12 x 15 inches; margin denticulate; surface 

 nearly smooth: color medium green; petiole moderately long and 

 heavy, 15-18 inches. Flowers — pistillate medium large. 5-6 inches 

 across, lemon yellow; ovary oblate to somewhat globular, glossy 

 green; sepals very short and thick, ' 2 inch; — staminate. moderately 

 small, 4-5 inches across; sepals moderately short and very slender, 

 3 4 inch; petals on both flowers deeply cut, rounded at the apex, 

 with margins finely frilled and occasionally somewhat recurved. 



Fruit very small, 4-4 '_> x 6'_>-7 inches; weight 4— i 1 2 pounds. 

 Shape drum-like, slightly depressed about the stem, moderately 

 depressed about the apex; surface smooth, rather narrowly fur- 

 rowed; blossom scar with small button, often surrounded with a 

 corky ring. Skin color ivy green later rather bronze green, irregu- 

 larly striped with dull salmon. Fruit stalk short, 1-2 inches, 

 straight, rather slender, soft and corky. Shell moderately soft and 

 thin. Flesh thin, ] 2- :; i inch, thickest at the medial, texture rather 

 coarse, moist; pale orange in color. Seed cavity large, placental 

 tissue chunky. 



Seed medium large, medium length, width and thickness, 

 1.76 x 1.0 x .30 cm. 1 1 20 per oz. i; face smooth, dull white: margin 

 rounded and smooth. 



Triangle. Refs. 39, 40. Syns. Shamrock, Triamble. 



In 1932 this variety with Crown and Queensland 

 Blue were secured from Arthur Yates & Co. of Sydney, 

 Australia. They have been described by Darragh in 

 his recent publications and represent the three most 

 common types of Australian pumpkin. When grown 

 at Geneva they showed promise in both growth of plant 

 and fruit and possess characters which may be of value 

 to the plant breeder. 



This variety required 135 days to reach maturity 

 at Geneva, 5 days earlier than Queensland Blue and 

 Crown, and 20 days later than Hubbard. The vines 

 are decidedly more vigorous than those of Hubbard, 

 have larger leaves with more prominent auricles, and 

 flowers with more irregular and curved petals. The 

 fruits are unlike any other variety in shape, being 

 trilocular and decidedly thicker fleshed at the base of 

 the lobes; skin color similar to that of Marblehead and 

 Blue Hubbard. 



Plant trailing: vines coarse, vigorous, 15-18 feet: branches 

 many, basal and medial. Leaves medium large, 10 x 16 inches, 

 entire, nearly circular: margin denticulate, shallowly undulate; 

 auricles distinctly ascending, often nearly vertically parallel; color 

 moderately dark green, occasionally marked with a silvery gray 

 sheen; petiole moderately slender and long, 18-20 inches. Flower — 

 pistillate, medium large, 5 ' i inches across, often irregular with petals 

 distinctly curved; stigma very compact, pale orange; ovary 3-lobed, 

 triangular in cross-section; sepals long and slender, 1,2 inches: 

 — staminate, moderately small, 4 inches across; sepals medium long 

 and heavy, 1-1 J 4 inches: pedicle very long, 15-16 inches. 



Fruit small, 4-5 x 10-12 inches; weight 10-15 pounds. Shape 

 trilocular, each locule developing separately, leaving large, deep 



