SQUASHES AND PUMPKINS 



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Der Wing. Refs. 16, 25, 26, 27, 47, 64, 95, 115, 118, 130. 



This and Red China are the only squash varieties 

 definitely ascribed to Chinese origin. W. Atlee Burpee 

 & Co., Philadelphia, received seed of this along with 

 other plant material from a native Chinese collector 

 acting for them. It is distinct and was considered of 

 good quality, but its small size and queer looks proved 

 too great a handicap. 



The fruits are most like Brazilian Sugar in shape, 

 differing from that variety in being smaller and having 

 white skin. 



Plant trailing, medium vigor. 



Fruit very small; 5-6 x 2 J 2-3 inches; shape oval, somewhat 

 pointed at apex; surface profusely warted; skin color white. Shell 

 thick, very hard and woody. Flesh moderately thick, very sweet 

 when cooked, very light yellow, often with a greenish tinge. 



Dunkard. Refs. 14, 130. Syn. Dunkard Winter. 



This variety originated with the Dunkards in Bucks 

 County, Pennsylvania. Seeds were offered for sale in 

 1892 by Johnson & Stokes of Philadelphia, and Frank 

 Ford 8s Son of Ravenna, Ohio. The outstanding char- 

 acteristic stressed in early descriptions was their great 

 keeping qualities, specimens having remained in perfect 

 condition for two years. The fruit, oblong in shape, 

 frequently reached a weight of from twenty to twenty- 

 five pounds. The outside skin color was a deep orange 

 lightly striped. A good illustration can be found in the 

 1896 catalog of W. Atlee Burpee & Co., which concern 

 offered the variety until 1912. 



Earliest Prolific. Ref. 130. Syns. Extra Early Pro- 

 lific, Prolific Early White Bush, Wood's Prolific. 



This early strain of the green tinted scalloped 

 summer squash has been offered since 1899 by T. W. 

 Woods & Sons, Richmond, Virginia. The fruits are 

 borne in great profusion and when continuously har- 

 vested will produce fruits throughout the season. 



First edible fruits were produced at Geneva in 50 

 days, 4 days earlier than Long Island White Bush and 

 6 days earlier than White Bush Scallop. The plants are 

 not as vigorous as those of White Bush Scallop, although 

 somewhat more inclined to produce semi-runners. 

 The leaves are considerably smaller and less blistered, 

 and the flowers are slightly smaller, particularly the 

 staminate ones. The fruits are smaller, decidedly less 

 scalloped, and more uniformly and heavily tinted 

 with green. 



Plant bush: central stem moderately coarse, vigorous, branches 

 very few, basal. Cotyledons short and moderately narrow, 1 3 4 x 

 1 ] 4 inches; nearly round; apex rounded; veining prominent; color 

 moderately light grayish green. Leaves small, 9 x 11 inches, 

 shallowly 5-lobed; lobes broad, pointed; sinus shallow, acute and 

 very narrow; margin incised near the base, otherwise serrate; 

 surface smooth; color medium green: petiole moderately long and 

 medium heavy, 16—18 inches. Flower — pistillate, medium large, 

 5'_> inches across, pale orange; ovary disk-like, thick; sepals very 

 short and slender, J 4 inch; — staminate, medium large, 5'_> inches 

 across; sepals medium long and moderately heavy, 1 inch; pedicle 

 short, 6-7 inches. 



Fruit mature edible stage 2-2}£ x 3-3 3 4 inches: shape bowl- 

 like, flattened at the base, slightly and often obscurely scalloped; 

 surface occasionally very sparsely warted; skin color pale green 



' (glass green). Mature fruit very small, 3 1 T -3 1 j x 5-5 ' ■< inches; 

 weight 1-1 ' ■_> pounds. Shape much the same as when edible, 

 warts more prominent; blossom scar small, smooth, slightly elevated. 

 Skin color pale greenish white (pale chalcedony yellow) occasionally 

 slightly tinted with pale yellow istraw yellow!. Fruit stalk short 

 and slender, 1 inch, usually curved, shallowly furrowed, more or 

 less conforming with the creases between the scallops, somewhat 

 expanded at attachment. Shell very hard and brittle, medium 

 thick, ' s inch, pale green I pale yellow green). Flesh medium thick 

 at the apex 1 4"'_' inch; texture medium fine, structure appears 

 irregularly fibrous; color white. Seed cavity large, nearest to apex; 

 placental tissue abundant, prominent central core, moist, stringy, 

 very difficult to remove. 



Seed small; short, moderately broad and flat, 1.34 x .95 x .17 

 cm. (408 per oz.); face smooth, dull white (light buff); margin 

 wedge-like. 



English Vegetable Marrow. Refs. 14, 19, 21, 24, 26, 



27, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 42, 50, 64, 67, 73, 74, 75, 



76, 86, 92, 93, 98, 101, 117, 130, 136, 137. Syns. 



English Marrow, London Vegetable Marrow, Long 



Cream, Long White Bush Vegetable Marrow, 



Peerless Vegetable Marrow, Vegetable Cream 



Marrow, White Vegetable Marrow. 



Listed occasionally in American catalogs since 1824 



(Thorburn), this is often referred to as the standard 



English squash. The type represents one of the earliest 



forms of marrow squash grown, but has never been 



exceedingly popular in this country. In the Gardeners 



Chronicle of 1849 we find evidence that it had not 



always been common in English gardens for the writer 



referred to it as follows: " getting to be quite popular 



with working class of people in England as a food, also 



a stock food, especially hogs, and along with scarlet 



runners and gourds for covering arbours." 



First edible fruits were produced at Geneva in 55 

 days, 7 days earlier than Long White Trailing, in season 

 with Italian Vegetable Marrow and 2 days later than 

 Zucchini. The plants are much less vigorous than those 

 of Long White Trailing, have slightly larger leaves which 

 are less deeply cut and less blotched with gray. The 

 mature edible fruits are much smaller, more regular and 

 less ridged at the base, and are much the same in color 

 except at maturity when the fruits of English Vegetable 

 Marrow are brighter yellow. 



Plant bush; occasionally semi-bush; central stem coarse, 

 vigorous; branches many, basal; spread 3-4 feet. Cotyledons 

 moderately short and moderately narrow, 2 3 * x 1% inches; long 

 oval; apex tapered; color moderately dark green. Leaves moder- 

 ately small, 11 x 14 inches, broadly 5-cleft; sinus moderately 

 narrow and rounded at the base; margin incised near the base, 

 otherwise dentate, slightly frilled. Surface moderately smooth; 

 color dark dull green, occasionally marked with few large grayish 

 blotches at the intersections of veins and veinlets; petiole moder- 

 ately long and slender, 15-18 inches. Flower — pistillate, medium 

 large, 5 inches across, orange; ovary cylindrical; sepals very short 

 and slender, ' 4 inch; — staminate, medium large, 5 inches across; 

 sepals medium long and heavy, 1 inch; pedicle medium long, 8-9 

 inches. 



Fruit mature edible, 10-1 2 inches long, 3-3 ' j inches in diameter 

 at the apex and 2 3 4 -3 inches at the base. Shape nearly cylindrical, 

 slightly enlarged at the apex; ribbed widely at the base; furrows 

 moderately shallow; surface smooth. Skin color pale greenish 

 white (sea foam green) over the entire surface. Mature fruit 

 small, 14-16 x 5-5 1 ■_> inches at the apex, 3 ] 4 -3 3 4 at the base; weight 

 5 ? 2-6 pounds. Shape much the same when mature edible. Skin 



