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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Fruit stalk short and slender, 1-2 inches, curved, ridged, woody 

 and tough, easily detached. Shell medium thick, ' g inch, hard, 

 woody and brittle, pale greenish yellow ipale dull green yellow), 

 under which a thin bright green i apple green) layer is present. 

 Flesh moderately thin, 3 g-1 inch at the medial and base, much 

 thinner at apex, texture rather coarse, fibrous, moderately soft and 

 wet; insipid: nearly white in color. 



Seed moderately small; moderately short, broad and flat, 

 1.47 x .94 x .20 cm. (260 per oz.); face smooth dull buff yellow (pale 

 ochraceous salmon) ; margin rounded. 



Moore's Cream. Refs. 11, 74, 75, 130. Syn. Moore's 

 Vegetable Cream. 



Moore's Cream is one of the oldest of the English 

 Marrows. It was listed by Hovey & Co. of Boston in 

 1868, and has been carried by many of the American 

 seedsmen as the single representative of this group of 

 squash. It was originally introduced by Thomas Moore, 

 who was at the time secretary of the Royal Horticultural 

 Society. 



First edible fruits were produced at Geneva in 53 

 days, 9 days earlier than Long White Trailing, in season 

 with Zucchini and a day later than Boston Greek. The 

 vines are very much like those of Long White Trailing, 

 with the leaves slightly smaller and less deeply cut. 

 The mature edible fruits are much smaller, more regular, 

 and when mature have a skin color decidedly darker 

 orange in color. 



Plant trailing; vines slender, moderately vigorous, 12-15 feet, 

 moderately light green; branches many, basal and medial. Coty- 

 ledons moderately short and moderately narrow, somewhat rectangu- 

 lar; apex rounded; veining moderately prominent; color medium 

 green. Leaves small, 9 x 12 inches, broadly and rather deeply 

 5-lobed; sinus broad, obtuse; margin incised near the base, otherwise 

 serrate, moderately frilled; color medium green, occasionally blotched 

 with gray at vein intersections; petiole short, 10-12 inches; flower — 

 pistillate, medium large, 5 '2-6 inches across, orange; ovary plump, 

 cylindrical: sepals very short and very slender, j 3 6 inch; — stami- 

 nate, medium large, 5-5 '2 inches across; sepals moderately short 

 and thick, "s inch; pedicle medium long, 8-9 inches. 



Fruit mature edible stage 8-9 x 4— 4*2 inches; shape short 

 cylindrical, slightly bulbous at the apex; ribbed widely; furrows 

 very shallow; blossom scar \ o inch in diameter. Skin color greenish 

 white (pale dull green yellow) faintly laced in obscure stripes with 

 pale green glass green 1. Interior pale greenish white. Mature 

 fruit small, 10-12 x 6-7 inches; weight 5-6 pounds; shape much 

 the same when mature edible; surface smooth with slight ridging 

 at extreme apical and basal portions; skin color dull orange (orange 

 buff to zinc orange) over the entire surface. Fruit stalk moderately 

 short and medium heavy, 2-3 inches occasionally curved, ridged, 

 woody and tough. Shell medium thick, 's inch, hard, brittle, 

 cream color (warm buff). Flesh moderately thin, 3 4~1 inch; texture 

 very coarse, granular and soft; color yellowish cream (pale orange 

 yellow). 



Seed moderately small; moderately short, medium broad and 

 moderately flat; 1.55 x .84 x .27 cm. I 280 per oz.); face smooth, dull 

 white ^cartridge buff); margin wedge like. 



Nantucket. Refs. 14, 21, 24, 27, 31, 50, 51, 64, 65, 

 90, 130. Syns. Black Negro, Black Sugar, Hard 

 Shell, Nantucket Negro, Nantucket Pie, Nan- 

 tucket Sugar, Negro, New Hampshire, Nigger- 

 head, St. George. 

 This, even older in variety lists than the Sugar 

 Pie Pumpkin, was originally brought from the Azores 

 as a sweet pumpkin and first grown sometime previous 

 to 1860 on Cape Cod and Nantucket Island off the 



coast of Massachusetts. It was cataloged by all of 

 the older seedsmen and exclusively used for Yankee 

 pumpkin pies. 



The fruits of this variety are rather variable both 

 as to shape and degree of ridging and furrowing. Many 

 resemble Boston Pie in general shape, but have more 

 pronounced ridges and depressions at the base. Others 

 are more oblong and decidedly more ridged. In any 

 case the blackish green skin color and the presence of 

 wart-like protuberances serve to further separate it from 

 other sorts in this group. 



Plant trailing; vines medium heavy, very dark green at the 

 base, gradually fading into a pale green near the ends, very vigorous, 

 often 20 feet long. Leaves five-lobed with terminal lobe having 

 sub-sinuses; margins incised near the base of blade, otherwise 

 dentate, dark green in color, sometimes blotched with gray ; petioles 

 pale green. 



Fruit small; 6-7 x 8-9 inches, occasionally considerably longer 

 than broad: shape oblate to nearly globular, often distinctly oblong 

 fruits produced; ribbed profusely, narrow; furrows moderately 

 shallow, narrow, more pronounced at the base; surface rather rough; 

 moderately covered with small, irregular wart-like protuberances and 

 small irregular corrugations; skin color deep glossy green, finely 

 but obscurely mottled with pale green dots with the warts mottled 

 with yellowish green; after storage green is replaced by yellow or 

 orange. Shell very hard, although warts are rather soft. Fruit 

 stalk short and thick, deeply furrowed, lighter green than the 

 fruit. Flesh moderately thick, fine texture, moderately dry, sweet, 

 good flavor, yellow in color. 



Omaha. Refs. 33, 41, 73, 129. 



The Omaha Indians of Nebraska grew this variety 

 and from them it was secured by Dr. Melvin R. Gilmore 

 along with other forms of Indian cucurbits. After a 

 few years selection it was introduced in 1924 by Oscar 

 H. Will 8b Co., of Bismarck, North Dakota. 



Omaha was the earliest of the winter pumpkins, 

 having attained maturity at Geneva in 95 days, 5 days 

 earlier than Small Sugar, 10 days earlier than Winter 

 Luxury and 25 days earlier than Golden Oblong. The 

 vines are decidedly shorter and less vigorous than those 

 of Golden Oblong, have smaller leaves and more pointed 

 and prominent terminal lobes, are smoother and darker 

 green in color; also have slightly smaller flowers which 

 are more crumpled and ruffled about the margins. The 

 fruits are much the same in shape and color but those 

 of Omaha are decidedly smaller. 



Plant trailing; vines moderately slender, moderately weak, 

 6—8 feet; branches moderately few, basal. Cotyledons short and 

 medium broad, I s t x l'j inches, nearly round to short oval; apex 

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

 moderately deep lobed. terminal lobe broad and distinctly pointed; 

 sinus moderately narrow and rounded at the base; margin slightly 

 incised near the base, otherwise- serrate: surface smooth; dark green: 

 petiole very short, 8-10 inches. Flower — pistillate, medium large, 

 5 1 2—6 inches across, bright orange, corolla tips curved and crumpled; 

 ovary somewhat balloon-like; sepals short and slender, '2 inch; 

 — staminate, medium large, 5 inches across, corolla tips curved and 

 crumpled; sepals moderately short and moderately heavy, Js inch; 

 pedicle short, 5-6 inches. 



Fruit very small, 8-9 x 5-6 inches: weight 3-4 pounds; shape 

 cylindrical, full at the base and slightly depressed at the apex: 

 ribbed narrowly; furrows very shallow: surface smooth; blossom 

 scar with button '. t inch in diameter, slightly protuberant. Skin 

 color predominantly dark orange ochraceous orange) in the form 

 of a fine, delicate and uniformly distributed lace-work over the 



