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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



color dull yellow (apricot yellow) over the entire surface. Fruit 

 stalk very short and thick, J ^-2 inches, tapering, deeply furrowed, 

 and expanded at the base. Shell thin, hard and brittle; cream color. 

 Flesh moderately thin, 7 S inch, considerably thicker at base; texture 

 moderately coarse, granular, rather firm and crisp; creamy yellow 

 (Naples yellow) in color. 



Seed moderately small; moderately short, medium broad and 

 moderately fiat, 1.5 x .8 x .28 cm. (232 per oz.); face smooth, dull 

 white (cartridge buff); margin wedge-like. 



Epicure. Refs. 75, 76. 



This is one of the English Marrows which is grown 

 to a limited extent in this country. It was first offered 

 by James Carter & Co., London, England, and is quite 

 unlike other marrows cultivated for our markets. In 

 many respects this English variety is very much like 

 Winter Luxury. The leaves are slightly larger with 

 the margin more frilled, while the fruits are somewhat 

 less netted and thinner fleshed. 



Plant trailing; vines moderately coarse, moderately vigorous, 

 12-15 feet. 



Fruit small; 5-6 x 8-9 inches; weight 5-8 pounds. Shape 

 oblate, distinctly flattened and depressed at base and apex; ribbed 

 widely, furrows obscure, very shallow at base; surface moderately 

 netted with a cork-like skin eruption, some fruits nearly smooth; skin 

 color bright orange (cadmium orange to zinc orange i. Fruit stalk 

 ribbed, hard and woody. Shell moderately hard, flesh moderately 

 thin, 3 4 -l inch, medium fine texture, rather moist, slightly sweet, 

 color bright yellow i buff yellow ) ; quality fair. 



Fair's Benning White Bush. Ref. 63. Syns. Ben- 



ning Bush, Early Cluster, Farr's White Bush, 



Green Tinted White Bush. 



This is one of the most beautiful strains of the 



whole group of Patty Pans. We find it listed in 1914 



by F. W. Bolgiano 8b Co. of Washington, D. C, and 



in 1918 by Alexander Forbes & Co. of Newark, New 



Jersey. The strain was developed by Charles N. Farr 



and selected for the uniform scallops and the greenish 



cream coloring in the younger stages of the fruit. 



Flat Green. Syn. Green Gem Flat. 



Available catalogs show this to have been listed in 

 the 1913 catalog of James J. H. Gregory Seed Co., and 

 in 1916 by the D. Landreth Seed Co., as "an always 

 green Patty Pan squash, same shape and size as the 

 Early White Bush." This strain was apparently short 

 lived, for it was not listed after 1918. The fruit was a 

 dark olive green, remaining so to maturity. 



Fordhook. Refs. 25, 26, 30, 31, 33, 37, 38, 41, 45, 46, 



47, 59, 62, 64, 73, 91, 113, 115, 117, 118, 120, 

 129, 130. Syns. Early Fordhook, Fordhook Mar- 

 row, Fordhook Oblong, Oblong Shaped Fordhook. 

 This small individual squash, similar in type to 

 Black Michigan and Illinois Beauty, was introduced by 

 W. Atlee Burpee of Philadelphia in 1890 and given the 

 name of their trial grounds at Doylestown. The plants 

 of the original Fordhook were of the running type. In 

 1901, eleven years after the first introduction, Fordhook 

 Bush or Fordhook White Bush was offered. This came 

 from Chauncey P. Coy of Nebraska as a sport and was 

 similar in habit to this group of squash in that short 



runners appeared only after the early set fruits had nearly 

 reached full size. 



First edible fruits were ready at Geneva in 56 days. 

 Mature fruits suitable for baking produced in 85 days, 

 5 days later than Delicata and about in season with 

 Table Queen. The vines are somewhat less vigorous 

 than those of Table Queen with leaves smaller, less 

 deeply cut and much less blistered and crumpled. The 

 pistillate flowers have decidedly shorter sepals and have 

 pyriform instead of turbinate -shaped ovaries. 



Plant trailing; vines moderately slender and medium vigorous, 

 8-10 feet; branches many, basal and medial. Cotyledons very 

 short and narrow, l"'s x l's inches; short oval; apex rounded; 

 veining prominent; color dark grayish green. Leaves small, 9 x 10 

 inches, very broadly 5-lobed; sinus very narrow, acute at the 

 base, few sub-sinuses occasionally present on terminal lobe; margin 

 serrate near the base, otherwise dentate; surface smooth, occasion- 

 ally blistered; color dark green. Flower — pistillate, medium large, 

 5 inches across, orange; ovary somewhat pyriform, ridged; sepals 

 short and slender, ' •_> inch: — staminate, medium large, 5'j inches 

 across; sepals medium long and moderately heavy, l's inches; 

 pedicle short and very slender, 6-7 inches. 



Fruit very small, 8-10 x 3 ' £-4 inches at the apex, 2 ] £-3 inches 

 at the base; weight 1 J £—2 pounds. Shape long pyriform, slightly 

 constricted near the base; ribbed widely; furrows moderately deep; 

 surface smooth; blossom scar with button, ] i inch. Skin color 

 deep cream (cream color) somewhat irregularly and obscurely 

 mottled with dull yellow (apricot yellow). Fruit stalk moderately 

 short and slender, 2-3 inches, curved, ridged and furrowed, woody 

 and tough, decidedly expanded at attachment. Shell moderately 

 soft and thin, fg inch, somewhat thicker at the base. Flesh thin, 

 , i inch, variable; texture moderately fine, firm, rather juicy, 

 fibrous; insipid, quality poor; color very pale yellow (ivory yellow i. 

 Seed cavity large, conforms to fruit shape; placental tissue moder- 

 ately little, moist, rather tender, easily removed. 



Seed small; short, broad and moderately flat, 1.26 x .80 x .24 

 cm. (304 per oz.) ; face smooth, dull yellowish brown ipale ochraceous 

 salmon); margin wedge-like. 



Fort Berthold. Refs. 33, 41, 73, 129. 



Introduced in 1920 by Oscar H. Will 8e Co. of 

 Bismarck, North Dakota, this small round pumpkin has 

 been somewhat successful because of unusual hardiness 

 and earliness. The original plants came from a collection 

 of squash seed secured by Dr. Melvin R. Gilmore from 

 the Indians of the Fort Berthold Reservation. 



This variety matured at Geneva in 110 days. 10 

 days later than Small Sugar and 5 days later than 

 Winter Luxury. The plants are more vigorous than 

 those of Small Sugar, and have distinctly darker green 

 vines and leaves which are considerably less cut and 

 more blistered. The fruits are slightly larger than those 

 of Small Sugar, similar in shape but more deeply and 

 profusely furrowed and lighter orange in color. 



Plant trailing: vines medium slender, moderately vigorous, 

 12-14 feet; very dark green at the base: branches medium in number, 

 basal. Cotyledons moderately short and narrow, 2 1 v x l 1 g inches; 

 long oval, apex nearly rounded; color moderately light green. 

 Leaves moderately small, 11 x 13 inches; broadly but rather shal- 

 lowly five-lobed, terminal lobe distinctly long tapered: sinuses 

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

 otherwise serrated; surface moderately blistered: color dark green; 

 petiole medium long and heavy, 12-15 inches. Flower — pistillate, 

 large, 7 inches across, orange: ovary globular: sepals short and 

 slender, ' _> inch: — staminate, moderately large, 6'^ inches across; 

 sepals medium long and moderately heavy, 1 ' s inches: pedicle 

 moderately short, 7-8 inches. 



