SQUASHES AND PUMPKINS 



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inches, deeply ridged and distinctly expanded at the point of attach- 

 ment. Shell hard, brittle and thin, ,'„ inch, somewhat thicker at the 

 base; pale yellow istraw yellow 1 . Flesh very coarse, granular and 

 soft; moderately thin, ;! , 1 inch, pale creamy yellow straw yellow . 

 Seed moderately small; moderately short, medium broad and 

 medium plump, 1.46 x .79 x .34 cm. (248 per oz.V, face smooth, dull 

 white [cartridge buff 1 ; margin wedge like, nearly smooth. 



Brazilian Sugar. Refs. 14. 26, 31, 48. 50, 64, 101, 121, 



130, 137. Syns. Brazil Sugar, Brazilian, Brazilian 



Sugar Gourd. 



As a novelty this was offered in 1885 by W. Atlee 



Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, but had little success as a 



commercial variety. It was discontinued in 1904. The 



fruits of this variety are most like those of Der Wing 



in shape, differing from that variety in being larger and 



orange yellow in color instead of white. 



Plant trailing; vines slender, pale green, vigorous; branches 

 many, basal and medial. Leaves 5-lobed, very dark green; 

 surface distinctly blistered and crumpled; margin finely dentate; 

 petiole moderately short and slender, pale green. 



Fruit very small; 5-6 x 4-5 inches; weight 2-3 pounds. 

 Shape oval; ribbed obscurely; furrows very shallow, irregular, more 

 prominent at extreme base; surface profusely warted; skin color 

 pale yellow turning deep orange at full maturity; fruit stalk moder- 

 ately short, slender, grooved and somewhat tapered; shell very hard 

 and thick, woody. Flesh thick, very sweet, yellow. 



Cocoanut. Refs. 12, 14, 21, 24, 26, 31, 34, 37, 46, 47, 

 49, 50, 56, 59, 61, 64, 82, 118, 120, 130, 132. 

 Syns. Cocoa-nut, Little Cocoanut, Small Cocoa- 

 nut. 

 This was one of the most popular small fruited 

 squash listed. It was offered by James J. H. Gregory 

 & Sons, Marblehead, Massachusetts, in 1869 and was 

 compared in flavor to the Canada Crookneck. The 

 fruits were quite handsome and often were used like a 

 gourd as a mantel decoration. The variety outlasted 

 most of the other small fruited sorts and was cataloged 

 by Gregory until 1923. 



At Geneva this variety reached edible maturity 

 in 90 days, which was 4 days later than Table Queen, 

 10 days later than Delicata and 6 days earlier than 

 Black Michigan. The fruits are unlike any other indi- 

 vidual fall squash, having a distinct shape and color 

 pattern. Some of the fruits are similar in shape to 

 Table Queen, but the accepted type is much less furrowed 

 and more globular. 



Plant trailing; vines very dark green at the base, coarse, 

 vigorous, 6-8 feet, moderately branched at the base. Leaves 

 moderately small, 10 x 13 inches, broadly 5-cleft, with terminal 

 lobe having two pair of sub-sinuses; sinuses deep, acute, very narrow; 

 margin incised near the base, otherwise serrated, finely frilled; 

 surface profusely and coarsely blistered, distinctly dark glossy 

 green; petioles very short and medium heavy, 7-9 inches. 



Fruit very small, 6-7 x 5-6 inches: weight 2' 2 -3 pounds. 

 Shape nearly globular to cordate, depressed at the base; ribbed 

 widely; furrows moderately deep and broad; surface smooth except 

 for the longitudinal ridges; skin color yellow I light orange yellow) 

 along the ribs and orange mikado orange) irregularly striped, 

 extreme apical area bright green cress green), circular in outline, 

 very definite. Fruit stalk short, curved, furrowed, woody and tough. 

 Shell soft and thick, } 4 -i\ inch. Flesh :i 4 -l inch, thick for the size 

 of fruit, fine texture, moderately dry, tender, fair flavor, moderately 

 sweet, pale orange I light orange yellow i; quality moderately good. 



Seed small; short, broad and flat, 1.2 x .84 x .20 cm. (336 per 

 oz.); face smooth, pale buff (pale ochraceous salmon i; margin 

 wedge-like. 



Cocozelle. Refs. 26, 27, 31, 33, 41, 47, 62, 73, 86, 



89, 95, 117, 129, 130. Syns. Cocozella, Cocozella 

 di Napoli, Cocozelle Bush. 



This name is used to represent one of the most 

 popular of the Italian Marrows. The Associated Seed 

 Growers, New Haven, Connecticut, offered in 1934 a 

 Long Cocozelle and a Short Cocozelle, both strains 

 finding adherents in certain markets. The type is a 

 true bush squash in which respect it differs slightly 

 from the Italian Vegetable Marrow which was the first 

 name used for any variety in the group. 



The variety is very similar to Italian Vegetable 

 Marrow and differs from that variety in having smaller, 

 more slender fruits which are much less ridged at the 

 base, more prominently striped with greater contrasting 

 colors and borne on plants which are much less vigorous. 

 Two strains, Short Cocozelle and Long Cocozelle, are 

 grown. These differ only in the length of fruits pro- 

 duced. The following account refers to the short strain. 



Plant bush; central stem moderately coarse, short and moder- 

 ately vigorous; branches few, basal and medial. Leaves moderately 

 small, 11 x 13 inches, broadly 5-cleft; sinuses narrow and acute; 

 margin dentate, slightly incised near the base; color dark dull green, 

 occasionally some plants sparsely blotched with gray. Flower — 

 pistillate, large, 7 inches across, orange; ovary cylindrical; sepals 

 very short, J^ inch; — staminate, large, 7-8 inches across; sepals 

 medium long and moderately heavy, 1 inch; pedicle moderately 

 short, 7-8 inches. 



Fruit mature edible stage very small, 10-12 x 3'_>-4 inches, 

 nearly cylindrical, very slightly enlarged at the apex, ribbed widely 

 and very shallowly, most prominent at base: surface smooth. Skin 

 color alternately striped in rather definite lines with very dark 

 green dull greenish black i and pale greenish yellow barium yellow I 

 both of which appear as a fine lace-like pattern. Mature fruits 

 considerably larger, 16-18 inches long, 4-5 '^ inches in diameter at 

 the tip and 3 3 4 — 4 inches at the base; shape the same; skin color 

 practically the same dark green shade, but the lighter shade changed 

 to yellow i cadmium yellow I and the ground color to pale yellow 

 margarite yellow). 



Connecticut Field. Refs. 14, 19, 21, 24, 27, 28, 31, 



32, 33, 41, 42, 50, 59, 64, 73, 121, 129, 130. Syns. 

 Big Tom, Canners Supreme, Common Field, Com- 

 mon Yellow, Connecticut Cornfield, Connecticut 

 Golden Field, Connecticut Yellow Field, Cow, 

 Eastern Field, Georgia Field, Golden Marrow, 

 Indiana Field, Jack O'Lantern, Lake Shore, Large 

 Common Field, Large Connecticut Field, Large 

 Connecticut Yellow Field, Large Cornfield, Large 

 Field, Large Yellow, Mammoth Field, Michigan 

 Mammoth, Pure Gold, Southern Field, Vermont 

 Pumpkin, Western Field, Yankee, Yankee Field, 

 Yankee Pie. 

 The common field pumpkin in New England can be 

 traced back traditionally to the early settlements. Field 

 and pie pumpkins and a form of summer squash and 

 Cushaws were the first of the cucurbits grown on our 

 farms or in our kitchen gardens. For over 200 years 

 the pumpkin occupied the principal place in the variety 

 lists of this vegetable and the group described by Burr 



