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entire surface: specked with pale orange under-color (antimony 

 yellow' within the mesh. Fruit stalk moderately short, 2 2 \ _■ 

 inches and slightly curved. Shell moderately hard and thin, 

 -,'„ inch, orange in color. Flesh moderately thin, :: , inch: texture 

 moderately fine, rather firm, tender: moderately dry, slightly 

 sweet ; quality moderately good; color pale orange (cadmium 

 yellow \ Seed cavity large, conforms to fruit shape: placental 

 tissue moderately abundant, rather moist, tender, rather easily 

 removed. 



Seed moderately small; moderately short, moderately broad 

 and rather flat, 1.49 x .96 x .26 cm. i 240 per oz.); face smooth, dull 

 white cartridge buffi; margin wedge-like. 



Patagonian. Refs. 14, 24, 42, 44, 48, 50, 101, 124, 

 130, 137. Syns. Patagonia, Seven Years, Seven 

 Years Custard. 

 This was one of the rough, prominently ribbed 



pumpkins grown for stock feed and listed by Thorburn 



in 1847. It was described by Burr in 1863 as similar 



to Custard but with a green skin color. 



Plant trailing; vines very dark green at the base, very vigorous; 

 leaves large, five-cleft; margin serrate; color clear green, surface 

 smooth: petioles long, moderately slender, and pale green. 



Fruit moderately small, 15-18 x 8-9 inches. Shape nearly 

 cylindrical to long oval; very prominently marked with distinct, 

 narrow, rounded ribs extending from base to apex; furrows very broad 

 and moderately deep; surface otherwise smooth. Skin color very 

 dark green almost black, which is retained after full maturity. Flesh 

 pale yellow, rather poor quality. 



Pen-Y-Bvd. Refs. 24, 74, 75, 76, 130. Syn. Best in 

 the World. 

 This is one of the early English Marrows which 

 at one time was quite popular in this country. Descrip- 

 tions taken from the catalog of Sutton & Sons of 1896, 

 and from trial ground notes of the Central Experimental 

 Station at Ottawa agree in emphasizing the quality and 

 fine flavor of the fruits. The plant is of trailing habit and 

 medium growth, short jointed, setting a fruit at nearly 

 every joint; fruits are smooth, round, of a delicate 

 creamy white color and average about 6 inches in 

 diameter. It was offered in this country in 1923 by 

 Carters Tested, Inc. 



Perfect Gem. Refs. 14, 25, 26, 28, 31, 33, 37, 41, 47, 



48, 50, 59, 64, 75, 89, 104, 109, 116, 117, 120, 

 129, 130, 134. Syns. Cream, Gem, Little Gem. 



This was offered by Grant Thorburn of New York, 

 W. Atlee Burpee of Philadelphia, and James J. H. 

 Gregory & Son of Marblehead, Massachusetts, about 

 1882. Although it possesses good keeping qualities, it 

 is chiefly used as a late summer or fall variety. 



The variety matured in 86 days at Geneva, in 

 season with Table Queen and 6 days later than Delicata. 

 The vines are less vigorous than those of Table Queen 

 with the leaf sinuses acute instead of rounded. The 

 flowers are smaller and have distinctly shorter sepals. 

 The fruits are somewhat similar in shape to Long Island 

 White Bush although Perfect Gem is smaller, more 

 deeply furrowed and a much deeper cream color. 



Plant trailing; vines slender, very dark green, medium vigor, 

 8-10 feet: branches few, short, basal. Cotyledons moderately short 

 and moderately narrow, 2 x 2 ' _> inches; oval; apex rounded; color 

 moderately dark green. Leaves small, 9 x 12 inches, broadly and 



rather deeply five-cleft; sinus narrow and acute; margin denticulate; 

 surface smooth, occasionally slightly blistered; color moderately 

 dark green; petiole very short, 9-10 inches. Flower — pistillate, 

 moderately small, 4—4 ' ■• inches across, pale orange; ovary short 

 turbinate; sepais short and slender, 1 ■> inch; — staminate, moder- 

 ately small, 4-4 ' i> inches across; sepals moderately short and 

 moderately heavy; :1 4 inch; pedicle very short, 3}£-4 inches. 



Fruit very small, 4-5 x 5-6 inches; weight 1-1 ' ■> pounds, 

 shape somewhat globular, flattened at base and apex, depressed at 

 the base; ribbing narrow; furrows moderately deep; surface other- 

 wise smooth. Skin color deep cream (light ochraceous buff). 

 Fruit stalk short and slender, 1-2 inches, curved. Shell hard and 

 thin, 1,, inch. Flesh thin, J o- 3 ., inch, thickest at the base; texture 

 moderately fine, not fibrous, tender, medium dry; insipid, quality 

 poor: color cream (warm buff). Seed cavity large; placental tissue 

 abundant, moist, tender, rather difficult to remove. 



Seed small, short, broad and moderately flat, 1.2 x .80 x .26 

 cm. (316 per oz.); face dull white (cartridge buff); margin wedge-like. 



Pineapple. Refs. 14, 21, 26, 27, 48, 50, 64, 89, 91, 

 95, 101, 115, 117, 130. Syns. Early Pineapple, 

 White Pineapple, White Turban. 



This was a peculiar looking variety offered by 

 Landreth, Gregory, Burpee and others about 1884. The 

 original seed was reputed to have come from Chili. 

 W. W. Tracy reported to the Michigan Horticultural 

 Society in 1885 that its poor quality would limit its 

 use and apparently it was grown more as a novelty 

 than as a commercial variety. 



No variety is very similar to this one. It can be 

 best compared to White Bush Scallop with the fruits 

 of White Pineapple distinctly longer from base to apex 

 and the scallops more prominent and jagged. 



Plant trailing; vines heavy, vigorous and productive. Leaves 

 large, five-lobed, pale green; petioles long and moderately slender. 



Fruit small; 8x8 inches, usually somewhat spindle-like with 

 medial bordered by 5 pairs of prominent projections, as in the scallop 

 varieties, some incline outward and others toward the apex or 

 the base. Surface smooth; skin color nearly white; fruit stalk small, 

 slender and somewhat tapered. 



Rotherside Orange. Refs. 75, 76. Syn. English 

 Rotherside Orange. 



William M. Hunt & Co. of New York listed this 

 English Marrow in 1919 but the variety has not proved 

 popular except with the private estate gardener. 



Plant trailing; vines slender, medium vigor, 8-10 feet. Leaves 

 small, dark green, marked with gray blotches along the midrib; 

 petioles short and slender. 



Fruits mature edible very small, 3 3 4 ^1 x 4} j-5 inches, weight 

 1— 1}4 pounds; shape oblate, slightly depressed at the apex, full at 

 the base; ribbed narrowly; furrows shallow; surface otherwise 

 smooth; skin color dull yellow (reed yellow); shell soft; interior 

 greenish yellow. Mature fruit slightly larger, with dull orange 

 yellow (ochraceous buff) skin and hard, woody shell. 



Sandwich Island. Refs. 26, 33, 41, 53, 61, 73, 129, 

 130. Syns. Bugless, Bugproof, California Squash, 

 Giant Prize, New Banana, Portugese. 

 Sandwich Island was listed in the 1902 catalog of 

 H. W. Buckbee, Rockford, Illinois, as a new variety 

 coming from the Sandwich Islands. It apparently has 

 no prototype in European lists but as grown at Geneva 

 appears somewhat like Custard pictured in Burr's Field 

 and Garden Vegetables. It has been especially recom- 

 mended as drought resistant and is rather late in matur- 



