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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



of W. Atlee Burpee for 1893. The names Cocozelle 

 and Italian Vegetable Marrow were from that time on 

 used rather interchangeably. In the catalogs of various 

 Italian seed houses can be found many varieties which 

 belong in this group. 



First edible fruits were produced at Geneva in 55 

 days, 3 days earlier than Long Green Trailing, in season 

 with English Vegetable Marrow and 2 days later than 

 Zucchini. The plants are much more vigorous than 

 those cf Cocozelle, have larger leaves less blotched with 

 gray and have larger flowers. The fruits are similar 

 in shape to those of Cocozelle but are larger and dis- 

 tinctly more prominently ribbed at the base. 



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

 4—5 feet: branches many, basal. Cotyledons moderately short 

 and moderately narrow, 2 1 ; x 1 . inches; oval; apex tapered; color 

 dark green. Leaves medium large, 12x15 inches, rather narrowly 

 five-lobed; sinus rather narrow and rounded at the base; sub-sinuses 

 many; margin incised at the base, otherwise serrate, finely frilled; 

 surface moderately smooth; color dark green, occasionally marked 

 with large irregular gray blotches at intersections of veins and 

 veinlets; petiole very long and moderately slender, 20-22 inches. 

 Flower — pistillate, large, 7 inches across; orange; ovary cylindri- 

 cal: sepals very short and slender, s , inch: — staminate, moderately 

 small, 4 inches across; sepals moderately short and very thick, 

 rich; pedicle short, 6-7 inches. 



Fruit mature edible stage 14-16 inches long, 3-3';> inches in 

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

 cylindrical, slightly enlarged at the apex, often slightly curved, 

 ribbed moderately wide and furrowed moderately deep at the base; 

 surface smooth. Skin color predominantly dark green (dull green- 

 ish black) in the form of a lace-like color pattern over the whole 

 fruit, but concentrated in narrow, solid, dark green stripes which 

 more or less conform with the ridges, often somewhat irregularly 

 blotched with same color: ground color appearing within the mesh 

 is yellowish green sea foam yellow to margarite yellow I ; those 

 areas between the dark stripes are less concentrated and lighter 

 green tcalla to cress green ' in color. Interior greenish white flesh. 

 Mature fruit moderately small, 22-25 inches long, 3}£-4j^ inches 

 in diameter at the apex and 2 3 4-3'2 inches at the base; weight 

 6-6'_> pounds. Shape same as mature edible stage, ridges much 

 more prominent; skin color dark dull green dull blackish green 

 laced stripes 3 4-l inch broad, somewhat irregular in outline, alternat- 

 ing with pale yellow (light cadmium laced stripes 3 >- ! _> inch wide; 

 both stripes occasionally blotched with the contrasting color; ground 

 color appearing within the mesh is yellowish cream cream color . 

 Fruit stalk short and thick, 1'4-1 3 4 inches, straight, abruptly 

 tapered, prominently ridged to conform with those of the fruit, 

 expanded at attachment, hard, woody and tough. Shell moderately 

 hard. Flesh medium thin, :i 4 -l inch, slightly thicker at the base; 

 texture coarse, granular, soft; pale buff cream color . 



Seed moderately small; moderately short, medium broad and 

 medium plump, 1.66 x .87 x .31 cm. 1 180 per oz. ; face smooth, dull 

 white light buff); margin wedge-like. 



Long Green Trailing. Ref. 33. Syn. Green Vining 

 Vegetable Marrow. 



This type of English marrow has been offered by 

 Stumpp & Walter Co. of New York and Henry A. 

 Dreer of Philadelphia for many years. Its principal 

 use is as a summer squash, for when picked young, 

 boiled and served as a melting side dish with cream 

 sauce it is considered superior to our American summer 

 squash. 



The edible fruits were first produced at Geneva in 

 58 days, 4 days earlier than Long White Trailing and 

 3 days later than Italian Vegetable Marrow. The vines 



are equally as vigorous as Long White Trailing, have 

 slightly larger leaves not as deeply cut and less sparsely 

 blotched with gray. The fruits are very much like 

 those of Italian Vegetable Marrow in shape and color, 

 but are distinctly thicker, heavier and more prominently 

 ridged at the base. 



Plant trailing; vines moderately heavy, moderately vigorous, 



12-15 feet; branches few, basal. Cotyledons medium long and 

 medium broad, 2 S x 1 ' 2 inches: long oval; apex rounded: color 

 medium dark green. Leaves medium large, 12 x 14 inches, broadly 

 five-cleft with each lobe having 2—1 shallow sub-sinuses; sinus 

 narrow, slightly rounded at the base: margin slightly incised near 

 the base, otherwise serrate, frilled; surface moderately smooth; 

 color dark green occasionally sparsely blotched with gray: petiole 

 long and moderately heavy, 18-20 inches. Flower — pistillate, 

 moderately large, 6 1 > inches across, orange; ovary club-like, apex 

 slightly enlarged: sepals very short and very slender, ] j inch; 

 — staminate, medium large, 5'j inches across; sepals medium 

 long and heavy, 1 inch; pedicle moderately short, 7-8 inches. 



Fruit mature edible stage 10-12 inches long, 4-5 inches in 

 diameter at the apex and 3 ' j— I 1 _> inches at the base; shape nearly 

 cylindrical slightly tapering towards the base; ribbed widely, very 

 prominent at the base; surface smooth; skin color predominantly 

 dark dull green dull greenish black 1 in the form of broad, irregular 

 stripes, alternated with lace-like, narrower stripes of lighter green 



calla green , through the mesh of which shows the greenish yellow 

 ^sea foam yellow I ground color. Interior pale greenish white pale 

 glass green . Mature fruit small, 15-16 inches long, 5-6 inches in 

 diameter at the apex and 5-5 ' 2 inches at the base: weight 6-7 pounds. 

 Shape nearly cylindrical; skin color much the same as when mature 

 edible except that the lighter shades of gTeen are replaced by yellow 



antimony yellow . Fruit stalk moderately short and heavy, 2-3 

 inches, deeply furrowed and much expanded at the base, hard 

 and woody. Shell medium thick, J g inch, pale green glass green , 

 woody and brittle. Flesh very coarse and granular, firm, pale 

 orange ilight orange yellow). 



Seed medium large; medium long and broad and medium 

 plump, 1.8 x 1.07 x .33 cm. 146 per oz.); face smooth, pale buff 



cartridge buff : margin wedge-like. 



Long Island White Bush. Refs. 17, 33, 41, 46, 60, 



61, 64, 73. 76, 129, 130. Syns. Improved Long 

 Island White, Long Island Mammoth White. 



This was listed by Peter Henderson Co., New York, 

 in 1892, and undoubtedly had been in use as a separate 

 strain for many years. In early catalogs it was often 

 confused with Mammoth White Bush Scallop but the 

 strain today is known for its bowl -like fruit. 



First edible fruits were produced at Geneva in 54 

 days, 2 days earlier than White Bush Scallop and 4 

 days later than Earliest Prolific. The plants are less 

 vigorous than those of White Bush Scallop and have 

 smaller leaves which are much smoother. The flowers 

 are smaller and ovaries are decidedly less scalloped. 

 The mature edible fruits are much thicker than those 

 of White Bush Scallop, decidedly smoother and less 

 scalloped; also are larger than Earliest Prolific and 

 decidedly lighter in color. 



Plant bush; central stem moderately slender, medium vigor, 

 spread 3-3 'j feet; branches moderately many, basal. Cotyledons 

 moderately short and medium broad, 2'j x 1 ' ■> inches: oval; apex 

 tapered: veining moderately prominent; color medium green. 

 Leaves moderately small, 11 x 13 inches, rather broadly and deeply 

 five-lobed: sinus medium broad and rounded at the base, sub- 

 sinuses occasionally present on terminal lobe; margin denticulate, 

 slightly incised near the base: surface occasionally somewhat 



