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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



petioles. The pistillate flowers are smaller and have 

 much straighter ovaries. The fruits are much the same, 

 although this variety produces much straighter and more 

 regular ones. 



Plant bush: central stem coarse, heavy, vigorous, nearly black; 

 branches few, basal and medial. Cotyledons moderately short and 

 moderately broad, 2 : 4 x 1 ] _> inches; oval; apex tapered; veining 

 prominent; medium light grayish green. Leaves moderately small, 

 10 x 14 inches, five-lobed, moderately deep; sinus narrow and acute; 

 margin incised near the base, otherwise dentate, slightly frilled; 

 surface slightly crumpled, rough; color moderately glossy dark green; 

 petiole moderately long and heavy, 16-18 inches, very prominent, 

 sprawling and distinctly curved, pale green in color. Flower 

 — pistillate, very abundant, moderately large, 6 inches across, 

 orange; ovary club-like, slightly curved near the base; sepals short 

 and slender, 5 , inch; — staminate many, medium large, 5'j inches 

 across; sepals medium long and heavy, 1 inch; pedicle short, 5-6 

 inches. 



Fruit mature edible stage 12-15 inches long, 3}£~4 inches in 

 diameter at the apex and 2-2 ' £ inches at the base; shape club-like, 

 apex gradually enlarged, ribbed very narrowly; furrows rather shal- 

 low; surface wrinkled, warted and often somewhat corrugated. 

 Skin color deep yellow (apricot to light cadmium) obscurely mottled 

 with pale yellow pinard yellow i . Interior greenish white. Mature 

 fruit small, 15-18 inches long, 5-5 * 2 inches in diameter at the 

 apex and 3 1 £-4 inches at the base; weight 4—5 pounds; shape much 

 the same when mature edible, surface deeply and prominently 

 warted and corrugated. Skin color dull orange (deep chrome) 

 with the warts often pale orange (orange buff). Fruit stalk short 

 and slender, 1-1 J _> inches, very slightly curved, rather deeply 

 furrowed, woody, tough. Shell thick, ' ,- - inch; variable, hard, 

 brittle, pale orange (pale orange yellow) with a very thin, more 

 intense orange (.orange buff) layer next to the flesh. Flesh thin at 

 medial and apex, ) - 1 inch, nearly solid at base; texture coarse, 

 granular and soft, pale yellow (cream colon. 



Seed small; short, broad and moderately flat, 1.37 x .87 x .23 

 cm. (284 per oz.); face smooth, dull white (cartridge buff); margin 

 wedge-like. 



Gibson. Refs. 59, 64, 130. 



This was listed by James J. H. Gregory & Son, 

 Marblehead, Massachusetts, in 1893, as a hybrid between 

 Small Sugar and a variety from California. From illus- 

 trations the fruit appeared much like Custard but the 

 skin color was a deeper orange. 



Golden Custard. Refs. 14, 26, 27, 33, 41, 64, 73, 76, 

 88, 89, 115, 116, 121, 129, 130. Syns. Extra 

 Large Golden Bush Scallop, Extra Large Golden 

 Custard, Golden Custard Yellow Bush, Mammoth 

 Golden Bush, Mammoth Golden Custard, Mam- 

 moth Yellow Bush Scallop, Mammoth Yellow 

 Custard Marrow, Yellow Elector's Cap. 

 Peter Henderson & Co. of New York, in 1889 

 introduced this large fruited strain of Yellow Bush 

 Scallop. It is the largest fruited of all the scallops and 

 as such has a place in the group of varieties grown for 

 early summer squash. 



First edible fruits were produced at Geneva in 53 

 days, 7 days earlier than Yellow Bush Scallop, in season 

 with Zucchini and 3 days later than Earliest Prolific. 

 The plants are more vigorous than those of Yellow 

 Bush Scallop, have much heavier and darker green stalks, 

 have somewhat larger leaves which are lighter green 

 in color, more crumpled and blistered, and have dis- 

 tinctly heavier, more prominent, and lighter green 



petioles. The mature edible fruits are considerably 

 broader, thinner and decidedly more irregularly scalloped. 



Plant bush; central stem very heavy and coarse, vigorous, 

 spread 4-4j^ feet; color very dark green; branches usually absent. 

 Cotyledons moderately short and medium broad, 2} fj x l 1 2 inches; 

 oval; apex rounded; veining prominent; color grayish green. Leaves 

 sparse, moderately large, 12 x 15 inches, broadly and deeply five- 

 cleft, often nearly parted; sinuses narrow, deep, acute; terminal 

 lobes have an occasional shallow sub-sinus; margin incised near 

 the base, otherwise denticulate, slightly frilled; surface distinctly 

 crumpled and blistered; color moderately light glossy green; petiole 

 very heavy and moderately long, 16—18 inches, light green. Flower 

 — pistillate, moderately large, 6 inches across, orange; ovary disk- 

 like, very irregularly waved; sepals very short and very slender, 

 ' 4 inch; — staminate, moderately large, 6 ! 2 inches across; sepals 

 moderately short and moderately slender, J 4 inch; pedicle short, 

 6 inches. 



Fruit mature edible, 2—3 x 6—8 inches; shape disk-like, margin 

 irregular, wavy to horizontal, deeply scalloped; surface smooth; 

 skin color deep yellow (lemon chrome), mottled irregularly with 

 pale yellow (citron yellow). Mature fruit very small, 3' £-4 x 10-12 

 inches; weight 5-7 pounds; shape same as mature edible stage. 

 Skin color predominantly deep yellow (cadmium yellow), irregularly 

 mottled with (capucine yellow), usually conforming with the 

 furrows between the scallops. Fruit stalk moderately short and 

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

 and tough. Shell hard and rather thin, yj inch. Flesh solid at 

 the medial, thin at base and apex; texture coarse, fibrous, rather 

 juicy, moderately tough cream color). 



Seed moderately small; moderately short, moderately broad 

 and rather flat, 1.40 x .89 x .29 cm. (220 per oz.); face smooth, dull 

 yellow 1 pale ochraceous salmon); margin wedge-like. 



Golden Heart. Ref. 47. 



The Vaughan Seed Store, Chicago, Illinois, in the 

 1894 catalog shows a picture of this new introduction. 

 It was originated by C. P. Coy of Waterloo, Nebraska, 

 and was said to have come from a cross between Cocoanut 

 and some unknown variety. The fruit was heart-shaped, 

 golden yellow with dark green stripes along the furrows. 

 Very early and prolific, it can be grouped with the 

 small-fruited fall squash popular at that time. 



Golden Oblong. Refs. 14, 27, 33, 41, 64, 73, 90, 96, 

 129, 130. Syns. Gold Oblong, Golden Long, 

 Golden Long Pie, Long Yellow Field, New Golden 

 Oblong, Oblong Yellow. 



Golden Oblong was introduced in 1889 by W. Atlee 

 Burpee 85 Co., Philadelphia, as a companion variety to 

 Small Sugar. From its appearance and high quality it 

 must be closely related to this variety, although no 

 record of this relationship is available. 



The variety attained maturity at Geneva in 120 

 days, in season with Connecticut Field and 20 days 

 later than Small Sugar. The vines are in most respects 

 similar to those of Connecticut Field, but have pistillate 

 flowers with ovaries which are decidedly more cylindrical. 

 The fruits are similar in color but those of Golden 

 Oblong are longer and have flesh which is drier and 

 darker in color. 



Plant trailing; vines medium heavy, moderately vigorous, 

 12-14 feet, dark green; branches medium number, basal. Coty- 

 ledons moderately short and moderately narrow, 2 1 .] x l 1 t inches; 

 nearly rectangular; apex moderately rounded; color medium 

 green. Leaves medium large, 11 x 15 inches, moderately deep 

 and broadly lobed; sinus rounded at the base, sub-sinuses shallow 

 and present on all lobes; margin slightly incised at the base. 



