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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



inches, somewhat leaf -like; — staminate, medium large, 5 1 ? inches 

 across; sepals medium long, 1*4 inches, small leaf-like terminations 

 present; pedicle short, 5-6 inches. 



Fruit very small, 5-6 x 4-4 ' •_> inches; weight 1 1 4 -1 3 4 pounds. 

 Shape turbinate, tapering rather abruptly from the medial to the 

 apex; ribbed widely; furrowed deeply: surface smooth; blossom scar 

 with button, J 4 inch in diameter, slightly extended. Skin color 

 very dark green I deep dull blackish green i during storage changing 

 to dull orange izinc orange 1 , somewhat diffused with dull green. 

 Fruit stalk moderately short and slender, 2-3 inches, curved and 

 often twisted, ribbed. Shell hard and thin, rs inch. Flesh thin, 

 | inch, thickest at the base and medial, texture firm, tender, 

 moderately dry, often rather fibrous; good flavor and moder- 

 ately sweet: color pale orange orange buff to light orange yell w 

 quality good. Seed cavity moderately large, conforms to fruit 

 shape; placental tissue medium, moist, rather fibrous, moderately 

 easy to remove. 



Seed small; short, broad and medium plump, 1.36 x .83 x .30 

 cm. 284 per oz.); face smooth, dull white cartridge buff;; margin 

 wedge-like. 



Tender and True. Refs. 74, 75. 



This marrow, introduced as a novelty in 1907 by 

 Sutton & Sons, Reading, England, belongs to the semi- 

 trailing class and produces abundantly its prettily 

 mottled fruits. The fruits of this variety are similar 

 to those of Epicure in the mature edible stage, although 

 somewhat more nearly globular and deeper green in 

 color. At the mature stage these two are distinct in 

 shape, color and surface markings. 



Plant semi-trailing; vines medium vigor, short: branches few. 

 Leaves very small, 8x9 inches, rather deeply five-cleft, medium 

 green, occasionally blotched with gray; margin dentate, slightly 

 frilled. 



Fruit mature edible stage very small, 4-5 x 5-6 inches, weight 

 2 ' jj-3 pounds. Shape nearly globular, distinctly flattened at base 

 and apex: ribbed widely, furrowed moderately deep at base and 

 apex; surface otherwise smooth. Skin color usually striped very 

 narrowly with dull blackish green and alternately striped with 

 1 4 inch bands of pale greenish yellow t barium yellow i in the form 

 of a lace-like pattern, through the mesh of which pale yellow appears. 

 Shell soft and thin. Interior nearly solid. Mature fruits slightly 

 larger and the colors more intense, otherwise much the same. 



Tours. Refs. 14, 21, 27, 32, 33, 41, 50. 73, 101. 125, 



129, 130, 137. Syns. Citronille, French Tours, 



Jumbo Squash, Large Touraine, Large Tours, 



Mammoth French, Mammoth Tours, Touraine. 



This large pumpkin, used chiefly for stock feed. 



was named for the district in France where it supposedly 



originated. Peter Henderson & Co. of New York listed 



the variety in 1873 and the large size of the fruits proved 



to be an adequate incentive to keep it in cultivation 



for a number of years. 



Mature fruits were produced at Geneva in 125 

 days, in season with Sandwich Island and 5 days later 

 than Connecticut Field. The vines are decidedly more 

 vigorous than those of Connecticut Field, have much 

 larger and more crumpled leaves, more profusely blotched 

 with gray. The flowers are much larger, more promi- 

 nently veined and streaked with pale yellow. The 

 fruits are considerably larger, more oblong, and exceed- 

 ingly more variable in color. 



Plant trailing: vines very coarse and heavy, very vigorous, 

 20-25 feet; branches many, basal and medial. Cotyledons very 

 long and very broad, 4', x 2'_. inches, long oval; apex rounded: 



veining moderately prominent; color medium green. Leaves very 

 large, 14 x 18 inches, rather deeply and broadly five-lobed; sinus 

 narrow, rounded at the base; sub-sinuses shallow, on all lobes; 

 margin incised near the base, otherwise serrate, slightly frilled; sur- 

 face crumpled, often coarsely blistered; color dark green, often 

 marked with irregular gray blotches along the veins or at the inter- 

 sections with the veinlets; petiole medium long and very heavy, 

 12-15 inches. Flower — pistillate, very large, 8 inches across; 

 corolla orange, prominently marked at the base and along the veins of 

 the petals with pale yellowish white; ovary light green lacing, 

 regularly and narrowly striped with moderately dark green and 

 specked with pale yellow; sepals very short and moderately slender, 



. inch; — staminate, very large, 8 ] 2— 9 inches across, colored 

 similarly to pistillate flowers; sepals moderately short and very heavy, 

 3 4~'i inch: pedicle moderately long, 8-10 inches. 



Fruit very large, 20-24 x 15-18 inches; 30-35 pounds. Shape 

 oblong, somewhat irregular, often somewhat flattened at base and 

 apex; ribbed medium narrow; furrows moderately shallow; surface 

 rather smooth, somewhat bumpy and uneven: blossom scar 

 depressed, ] £-1 inch in diameter. Skin color variable, predomi- 

 nantly dark green (dull blackish green i in the form of a coarse, 

 irregularly laced pattern, striped pale orange yellow I orange buff i 

 to conform with the most prominent depressions. The green occurs 

 in broad stripes 3—4 inches wide which contain numerous small, 

 angular i orange buff) blotches. Some fruits are (cream colon 

 to a light grayish green i light bice green ^ lace pattern with glass 

 green I mesh. Fruit stalk moderately long and heavy, 4—5 inches, 

 slightly curved, rough, ridged, woody and tough, expanded at 

 attachment. Shell soft and moderately thick, ! .. -> 4 inch. Flesh 

 moderately thick, l^-l'j inches, very coarse, tough, stringy, wet; 

 slightly sweet, quality very poor; color pale amber I maize yellow). 

 Seed cavity very large, conforms to fruit shape; placental tissue 

 comparatively little, rather dry, easily removed. 



Seed large, long, narrow and moderately plump, 2.5 x 1.47 x .36 

 cm. (96 per oz. ' : face very finely wrinkled to nearly smooth, dis- 

 tinctly compressed, dull white cartridge buff ) ; margin very distinct, 

 distinctly ridged, rounded and swollen, smooth. 



Variegated Bush Scalloped. Ref. 24, 50, 101. Syns. 

 Improved Variegated Custard Marrow, Varie- 

 gated Patty Pan. 



Burr in 1863 describes this squash very briefly as 

 " pale yellow, or nearly white, variegated with green, 

 handsome but of inferior quality." Fruits of the variety 

 are pictured in the 1883 edition of Vilmorin. 



White Bush Seallop. Refs. 14, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 



27, 28, 32, 33, 34, 37, 41, 46. 48, 49. 50, 52, 59, 

 61. 64, 67, 73, 74, 75, 76, 88, 89, 91, 94, 95, 98, 

 100. 101, 115, 116, 120, 129, 130, 132, 137. Syns. 

 Arlington White Bush Scallop, Cylinder Squash, 

 Cymbling, Dollar Squash, Dow's Extra Early 

 White Bush, Dwarf White Bush, Earliest White 

 Bush, Early Bush Scallop, Early Dawn, Early 

 White Bush, Extra Early Bush. Extra Early 

 Dawn, Extra Early Jersey White Bush, Extra 

 Early Patty Pan, Jersey White Bush, Light 

 White Bush, Perfection Bush Scallop Patty Pan, 

 Silver Custard, Superba White Bush, White 

 Patty Pan. 



The form of Cucurbita now generally known as 

 Bush or Summer squash was one of the first vegetables 

 which the early explorers and settlers noticed in use by 

 the Aborigines. The word squash seems to have been 

 derived from " askuta-squash " or " squonter-squashes " 

 and it is now generally thought that the name applied 



