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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



ing. The names Bugless and Bugproof may have been 

 used because of its rather vigorous and coarse growth. 

 Mature fruits of Sandwich Isle were produced at 

 Geneva in 125 days, in season with Large Tours and 

 5 days later than Connecticut Field. The vines are 

 decidedly heavier and much more vigorous than those of 

 Connecticut Field, much as Large Tours. The leaves 

 are much larger than those of Connecticut Field, more 

 crumpled and have decidedly thicker spines on the 

 petioles. The flowers are smaller than those of Large 

 Tours and are more prominently veined. The fruits 

 are often similar to Large Tours in general shape but are 

 distinctly deeper furrowed and more uniform in color 

 pattern. 



Plant trailing; vines very coarse and heavy, moderately dark 

 green and nearly black at the base, exceedingly vigorous, 20—25 feet; 

 branches medium in number, basal and medial. Cotyledons 

 moderately long and medium broad, 3Js x l 5 * inches; long oval; 

 apex tapered; color moderately dark green. Leaves very large, 

 14 x 20 inches, five-lobed; sinus moderately deep, and rounded at 

 the base; sub-sinuses shallow, on all lobes; margin incised near the 

 base, otherwise serrate, moderately frilled; surface moderately 

 blistered; color moderately dark, dull green; vines slightly lighter 

 green; petiole moderately short and moderately heavy, 12-14 inches; 

 spines distinctly thick, usually somewhat hooked. Flower — pistil- 

 late, moderately large, 6 ] ■> inches across, pale orange with a distinct 

 green vein through the center of each petal; ovary somewhat cylin- 

 drical, distinctly ridged and furrowed; sepals very short and 

 slender, almost absent, % inch or less; — staminate, moderately 

 large, 6 inches across; sepals moderately short and moderately 

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



Fruit large, 15-20 x 9-12 inches; weight 25-30 pounds. 

 Shape oblong, depressed at base and apex; ribbed moderately 

 wide; furrows very deep and prominent, especially at base and 

 apex; surface wrinkled and slightly warted. Skin covered with 

 a coarse lace-like color pattern of bright green (cress green) and 

 between the ribs with irregular blotches of dark green (dull greenish 

 black); ground color within the mesh is pale yellow (margarite 

 yellow) changing to bright yellow (cadmium yellow) during storage. 

 Fruit stalk long and heavy, 5-6 inches, curved and slightly twisted, 

 deeply furrowed. Shell soft and thick, Jj— 3 >, inch, variable. Flesh 

 thick, 1 ] L i-2 inches; texture coarse, very fibrous, rather tough, wet; 

 insipid; quality very poor; color pale buff (cream color). 



Seed medium size; medium long, narrow and moderately flat, 

 1.95 x .99 x .27 cm. (128 per oz.); face smooth, dull white (cartridge 

 buff); margin very slightly swollen, slightly fuzzy. 



Small Sugar. Refs. 14, 21, 24, 26, 27, 32, 33, 41, 45 



50, 51, 59, 64, 73, 74, 75, 96, 121, 129, 130. Syns 



Boston Golden Sugar, Boston Pie, Early Small 



Sugar, Early Sugar, Golden Sugar, Mothers 



Famous Pie, New Boston Golden Sugar, New 



England, New England Pie, New Yellow Sweet 



Potato Pie, Pie, Prolific Sugar, Red Sugar, Rhode 



Island Sweet, Small Sweet Sugar, Small Yellow 



Sugar, Sugar, Sugar Pie, Sugar Sweet, Sweet, 



Yellow Sugar, Yum Yum. 



This is the noted New England Pie Pumpkin grown 



throughout the Northeastern section of the country for 



use during the fall and at Thanksgiving time in making 



pumpkin pie. A familiar sight in the fall is the fields 



where the corn stalks have been cut and stacked, with 



the ground liberally spotted with golden yellow pumpkins 



that have grown unnoticed in the corn rows. This, the 



smallest of the pumpkins, is one of the sweetest and 



finest grained sorts and is also an excellent keeper. 



Described by Burr in 1863, it continues to be the most 

 popular of the " Punkins." 



This variety attained maturity at Geneva in 100 

 days, 5 days earlier than Winter Luxury, 20 days earlier 

 than Connecticut Field and 5 days later than Omaha. 

 The vines are slightly less vigorous than those of Winter 

 Luxury, have leaves slightly less cut and flowers which 

 are slightly smaller and darker orange in color. The 

 fruits are slightly smaller, distinctly more furrowed and 

 much darker in skin color, with flesh which is finer 

 grained, slightly thinner but darker orange in color. 



Plant trailing; vines moderately slender, medium vigor, 8-10 

 feet, predominantly pale green, sparsely streaked with dark green; 

 branches moderately many, basal. Cotyledons moderately short 

 and medium broad; oval; apex moderately tapered; veining moder- 

 ately prominent; color medium green. Leaves moderately small, 

 10 x 14 inches, broadly five-parted; sinus narrow, rounded at the 

 base; shallow sub-sinuses occasionally present on terminal lobe; 

 margin slightly incised near the base, otherwise serrate, slightly 

 frilled; surface smooth; color moderately dark green; petiole medium 

 long and moderately slender, 12-15 inches. Flower — pistillate, 

 moderately large, 6 1 _> inches, orange; ovary globular, pale yellow 

 (margarite yellow) striped and laced with pale green; sepals very 

 short and very slender, }4 inch; — staminate, large, 7 inches across; 

 sepals moderately short and very heavy, '■ i inch; pedicle moderately 

 short, 7-8 inches. 



Fruit very small, 5-6 x 7-8 inches; weight 5-6 pounds. Shape 

 nearly globular, flattened at base and apex, also somewhat depressed; 

 ribbed narrowly; furrowed shallowly; surface wrinkled, somewhat 

 obscurely pock-marked; blossom scar prominent, corky, 1-1 '4 inches 

 in diameter. Skin color reddish orange (xanthine orange to orange 

 rufous) spotted with dull yellow (yellow ochre) pock-marks, entire 

 fruit usually finely specked with minute dark brownish dots (rnikado 

 brown I. Fruit stalk moderately long, 4-5 inches, slightly curved, 

 furrowed. Shell moderately hard and thin, A inch, dull orange 

 (ochraceous orange); flesh moderately thick, 1}<4 — 1?2 inches; 

 texture fine, tender, moderately dry; moderately sweet, quality 

 good; color orange (deep chrome to capucine orange). Seed cavity 

 medium size; placental tissue abundant, rather moist, stringy, 

 often with a prominent core, rather easily removed. 



Seed medium size; medium long and broad, moderately plump, 

 1.7 x .98 x .37 cm. (156 per oz.); face smooth, dull white (cartridge 

 buff); margin wedge-like. 



Striped Field. Ref. 24. 



This was listed and described by Burr in 1863, but 

 not generally carried in catalogs. The plants were 

 similar in growth habit to those of Connecticut Field, 

 but the fruits were usually slightly smaller. 



Fruits nearly globular to slightly oblong; skin color yellow, 

 striped and variegated with green, which, during storage, assumes 

 softer and paler green and deeper yellow; flesh moderately thick, 

 rather coarse, moist, insipid, yellow color; quality poor. 



Summer Crookneck. Refs. 14, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, 28, 



34, 37, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 52, 59, 61, 64, 67, 73, 

 88, 89, 95, 98, 99, 100, 101, 115, 116, 117, 120, 

 121, 125, 129, 130, 132, 136, 137. Syns. Bush 

 Summer Crookneck, Bush Summer Warted Crook- 

 neck, Crookneck, Dwarf Summer Crookneck, 

 Early Bush Summer Crookneck, Early Golden 

 Crookneck, Golden Bush, Golden Summer Crook- 

 neck, Long Yellow Crookneck, Summer Golden 

 Crookneck, Yellow Bush Crookneck, Yellow 

 Crookneck. 

 The name Summer Crookneck appeared in our 

 earliest garden seed catalogs, among them that of Thor- 



