SQUASHES AND PUMPKINS 



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crumpled: color dark green; petiole medium long and moderately 

 slender, 15 16 inches. Flower — pistillate, moderately small, 4'. ■ 

 inches across, orange; ovary nearly globular, very nearly scallopless; 

 sepals short and slender, ' ■_> inch; — staminate, medium large, 5 

 inches across; sepals medium long and moderately slender, 1 ' i 

 inches; pedicle medium long, 8 inches. 



Fruit mature edible stage 2 2 :; , x 4 l , 5 inches; shape bowl- 

 like, very shallowly scalloped, often obscurely; ribbed widely; 

 furrows very shallow: surface smooth. Skin color white. Interior 

 nearly white. Mature fruits very small, 3,' -j-4 x 5' > 6 inches; 

 weight 2-2 ' £ pounds. Shape much the same when mature edible, 

 scalloping slightly more accentuated. Skin color creamy white 

 ivory yellow) indistinctly mottled with very pale yellow (colonial 

 buff\ often russetted on the base. Fruit stalk moderately short 

 and slender, 2-2 ' _■ inches, usually curved, shallowly furrowed, 

 expanded at attachment, hard and woody. Shell moderately hard 

 and thin, yV inch, creamy white (ivory yellow) in color. Flesh 

 1-1 1 4 inches, thickest at the scallop, apex very thin, ^ _• inch; texture 

 medium fine, rather fibrous, soft, cream color (colonial buff). 



Seed moderately small: moderately short, moderately broad 

 and rather flat, 1.5 x .9 x .28 cm. (212 per oz.); face smooth, very 

 pale buff (light buff!; margin wedge-like. 



Long White Trailing. Refs. 33, 41, 49, 50, 73, 74, 

 75, 76, 129. Syns. White Trailing, White Vining 

 Vegetable Marrow. 



As a companion variety to Long Green Trailing 

 the fruits of this variety, except in size, differ little from 

 English Vegetable Marrow. It is carried by Henry A. 

 Dreer of Philadelphia and Stumpp & Walter of New 

 York City, but is seldom found on our markets. 



First edible fruits were produced at Geneva in 62 

 days, 7 days later than English Vegetable Marrow and 

 9 days later than Moore's Cream. The vines are equally 

 as vigorous as Moore's Cream although much heavier 

 and have leaves which are smoother and less inclined 

 to be cone-like. The mature edible fruits are similar 

 in color, decidedly larger and much more ridged at the 

 base; at full maturity the fruits of Moore's Cream are 

 much darker orange. 



Plant trailing; vines moderately coarse, moderately vigorous, 

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

 moderately narrow, 2 ' _■ x 1 ] 4 inches, nearly rectangular; apex 

 moderately rounded; color medium green. Leaves small, 10 x 12 

 inches, flattened, broadly and deeply five-lobed: sinuses narrow and 

 rounded at the base: margin incised near the base of the blade, 

 otherwise serrate; surface smooth; color moderately dark green, 

 moderately blotched with gray at the intersections of the veins and 

 veinlets: petioles short and slender, 10-1 2 inches. Flower — pistillate, 

 medium large, 5 ! 2 inches across, orange; ovary cylindrical; sepals 

 very short and very slender, l s- ! 4 inch; — staminate, medium 

 large 5'j-6 inches across; sepals medium long and very heavy, 

 1 inch; pedicle moderately long, 9-10 inches. 



Fruit mature edible stage 16-20 inches long, 4'j-5 inches 

 in diameter at the apex and 4^4' _> inches at the base; shape cylin- 

 drical, occasionally somewhat constricted near the base; ribbed 

 rather prominently at the base and medial, otherwise surface is 

 smooth. Skin color pale green I glass green I obscure, lace-like 

 pattern over the entire fruit through the mesh of which shows the 

 greenish white (pale dull green yellow) ground color. Interior 

 pale greenish white. Mature fruit moderately small, 18-22 inches 

 long, 5 ' _.-6 inches in diameter at the apex and 4 ' £—5 inches at the 

 base; weight 7-8 pounds; shape much the same as mature edible 

 fruits; skin color buff (antimony yellow) over entire fruit. Fruit 

 stalk moderately short and medium heavy, 2j£- 3 inches, deeply 

 furrowed to conform with the ridges on the fruit, hard and woody. 

 Shell medium thick, ' , inch, hard, woody, pale yellow (straw yellow). 

 Flesh moderately thin, : ! 4- : s inch, coarse, granular, firm, buff 

 (cream color). 



Seed medium large: medium long, moderately narrow and 

 medium plump, 1.8 x .92 x .30 cm. (168 per oz. I; face smooth, pale 

 buff (cartridge buff); margin wedge-like. 



Mammoth White Busb Scallop. Refs. 14, 26, 31, 

 33, 41, 61, 64, 73, 88, 95, 121, 129, 130. Syns. 

 Early Mammoth White Bush, Giant White Bush 

 Scallop, Large Patty Pan. 



A. W. Livingston's Sons of Columbus, Ohio, in 

 1891 offered seed of Mammoth White Bush Scallop. 

 The new introduction proved popular and it has remained 

 one of the most widely used strains of the scallop squash. 

 The plants of this variety are much more vigorous 

 than those of Early White Bush Scallop, but otherwise 

 are much alike. The fruits are similar in type but are 

 distinctly larger and profusely covered with wart-like 

 protuberances. 



Mandan. Refs. 33, 73. Syns. Early Mandan, Rapid 

 Mandan. 



The name comes from the Mandan Indians who 

 had grown this squash for many generations before it 

 was introduced to the trade in the 1912 catalog of Oscar 

 H. Will & Co., Bismarck, North Dakota. In color this is 

 much like the Green Striped Bergen grown nearly a 

 century ago but the shape is decidedly more oblate. The 

 plant is of the bush type until after the first fruits are 

 well grown; runners then appear and produce a second 

 set of fruits. 



First edible fruits were produced at Geneva in 56 

 days, 4 days earlier than Giant Summer Crookneck, in 

 season with Fordhook and 6 days later than Earliest 

 Prolific. The vines are much less vigorous than those 

 of Fordhook, have slightly larger and distinctly lighter 

 green leaves and have flowers with somewhat longer 

 and distinctly broader sepals. The mature edible fruits 

 are similar in shape to Long Island White Bush, but 

 have a much rougher surface and a very individualistic 

 color pattern. 



Plant trailing; vines very dark green, slender, very weak, 4—5 

 feet; branches few, basal. Cotyledons moderately short and 

 moderately narrow, 2 x ljg inch, oval; apex tapered; veining yellow- 

 ish green, rather prominent; color moderately light green. Leaves 

 small, 10 x 12 inches, shallowly lobed; sinus acute, moderately 

 shallow; margin dentate, slightly frilled: surface smooth; color 

 distinctly light green; petiole moderately short and slender, 12-14 

 inches, moderately light green. Flower — pistillate, medium large, 

 5^ inches across, orange; ovary short turbinate, slightly ridged and 

 wrinkled; sepals moderately short and somewhat leaf-like, 7 * inch; 

 — staminate, medium large, 5'_> inches across; sepals medium long 

 and thick, 1 inch; pedicle short, 6-7 inches. 



Fruit mature edible stage 3-3 J o x 4-5 inches; shape nearly 

 oblate, flattened at base and apex, somewhat depressed at the base; 

 ribbed widely: furrows medium deep; surface uneven and moderately 

 warted, wrinkled. Skin color nearly white, striped and mottled 

 irregularly with green (Varley's green). Interior pale green (glass 

 green), flavor excellent. Mature fruit very small, 4-4 '2 x 7-7 ' '< 

 inches; weight 3-4 pounds; shape much the same as mature edible; 

 ridges more prominent and surface irregularities more accentuated. 

 Skin color greenish white (sea foam yellow) stripes l'^-l'i inches 

 broad at the medial, sparsely blotched with small, irregularly laced, 

 green ilijht bice green) areas. Alternating stripes conform with 

 the ridges, ■.-'_. inch broad, somewhat irregular, dark green idarl- 

 dull yellow green 1 in color and through the mesh of lacing shows the 

 pale greenish white (sea foam yellowi of the contrasting stripe. 



