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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Seed moderately small, moderately short, medium width and 

 flat, 1.16 x .86 x .21 cm. (248 per oz.); face smooth, dull white 

 (cartridge buff) ; margin wedge-like. 



Yellow Bush Seallop. Refs. 6, 14, 24, 26, 27, 32, 33, 



41, 47, 48, 50, 52, 61, 64, 67, 73, 74, 75, 89, 101, 

 125, 129, 130, 132, 136, 137. Syns. Custard Mar- 

 row, Custard Vegetable Marrow, Early Golden 

 Bush, Early Golden Custard, Early Yellow Bush 

 Scallop, Gold Bush, Golden Bush, Golden Scallop, 

 Lemon Scallop Bush, Yellow Elector's Cap, 

 Yellow Patty Pan, Yellow Summer Scallop. 



This, the companion variety to White Bush Scallop, 

 has been mentioned in the earliest variety records avail- 

 able. Its use has not been as general as that of the 

 white form and consequently it is not mentioned as 

 often. Burr in 1863 considered the White to be a sub- 

 variety of Early Yellow Bush but no definite record 

 which would establish the relative age of the two sorts 

 is available. Since the " shield shaped or clypeate 

 kinds " were mentioned by Robert Beverly 1 it is probable 

 that the separate colors were then known and grown 

 by the Indians. Although found in some catalogs prior 

 to 1860, it was not until after that date that both the 

 white and yellow scallops were commonly listed. 



First edible fruits were produced at Geneva in 60 

 days, in season with Giant Summer Crookneck, 4 days 

 later than White Bush Scallop and 7 daj's later than 

 Golden Custard. The plants are less vigorous than 

 those of Golden Custard, have slightly smaller leaves 

 which are darker green, smoother, less glossy, and 

 have darker colored, more slender petioles. The mature 

 edible fruits are smaller, thicker and decidedly more 

 regularly scalloped. 



Plant bush; central stem coarse and heavy, medium vigor, 

 spread 3-3 'i feet; branches few, basal and medial. Cotyledons 

 moderately short and moderately narrow, 2 x \ l ± inches, oval; 

 apex moderately rounded; veining prominent; color rather grayish 

 green. Leaves medium large, 10 x 15 inches, broadly five-cleft; 

 sinuses narrow and acute; margin partly incised near the base, 

 otherwise serrate, slightly frilled; surface rough, slightly crumpled; 

 color moderately dark green, occasionally somewhat glossy; petiole 

 medium long and moderately heavy, 14-16 inches, moderately 

 dark green. Flower — pistillate, medium large, 5 inches across, 

 orange; ovary thickened, disk-like; sepals very short and slender, 

 . :nch; — staminate, medium large, 5' £ inches across; sepals 

 medium long and heavy, 1J^ inches; pedicle very short, 4—5 inches. 

 Fruit mature edible 2-3 x 6-7 inches; shape disk-like; ribbed 

 widely, furrows deep; surface smooth; skin color deep yellow (lemon 

 chrome) irregularly mottled with pale yellow (citron yellow). 

 Interior yellowish white, solid. Mature fruit very small, 3^1 x 8-9 

 inches; weight 3^1 pounds. Shape thickened disk -like, base slightly 

 rounded, nearly flat, apex and part of medial shallowly rounded, 

 extreme apex slightly depressed, medial rather regularly scalloped 

 about the periphery, pointed towards the base; surface nearly 

 smooth, very sparsely warted; blossom scar very large, conspicuous, 

 2-2 ' 2 inches in diameter, depressed, surrounded by a corky ring, 

 somewhat irregular in outline. Skin color light orange capucine 

 yellow) indistinctly and irregularly mottled with paler orange 

 i cadmium yellow I largely conforming with the furrows between the 

 scallops. Fruit stalk short and moderately slender, 1 } 2-2 inches 

 slightly curved, hard and woody, ridged. Shell very hard, brittle 

 and thin ' . ,\ inch, pale orange yellow (antimony yellow). Flesh 



fibrous structure, medium coarse, soft, thin at the base and medial, 

 ". '4 inch, solid at the scallops, creamy buff icreain color). 



Seed moderately small; moderately short, moderately broad 

 and moderately flat, 1.44 x .90 x .25 cm. (.284 per oz. ) ; face smooth, 

 dull yellowish buff (pale ochraceous salmon i ; margin wedge-like. 



Zucchini. Refs. 33, 73, 86, 129. Syns. Italian, 

 Spanish Squash. 



In this country the variety name Zucchini seems to 

 have been used first in California for it was listed by 

 both Germain Seed Co. and by Aggeler & Musser of 

 Los Angeles, California, about 1921. Since 1932 it has 

 been found occasionally in catalogs of eastern seed 

 houses, and now represents a very definite type. 



In 1934 D. V. Burrell of Rocky Ford, Colorado, 

 introduced Grey Zucchini. At Geneva this strain was 

 intermediate in color between Boston Greek and Zucchini. 

 In other respects the two were much the same. 



First edible fruits were produced at Geneva in 53 

 days, 2 days earlier than Italian Vegetable Marrow, in 

 season with Moore's Cream and 1 day later than Boston 

 Greek. The plants are considerably less vigorous than 

 those of Italian Marrow and have leaves which are much 

 smaller, decidedly more cut and blotched with gray. 

 The pistillate flowers are slightly smaller and have less 

 cylindrical ovaries. The mature edible fruits are very 

 much the same as Boston Greek in size and shape, but 

 are distinctly darker green in color. 



Plant bush; central stem moderately heavy, dark green; 

 branches moderately many, basal and medial, medium vigor. 

 Cotyledons moderately long and moderately broad, 2- 1 x 1 •' „ inches; 

 long oval; apex tapered; color light green. Leaves small, 9 x 10 

 inches, narrowly five-cleft having many sub-sinuses; sinuses very 

 deep, slightly lacerated; margin incised, distinctly and finely frilled; 

 surface moderately smooth; color dark dull green, profusely marked 

 with small gray blotches along the midribs and intersections with 

 the veinlets; petiole moderately long and slender, 14-16 inches. 

 Flower — pistillate, medium size, 5-5 '« inches across, orange; 

 ovary somewhat club-like; sepals short and slender, '4 inch; — 

 staminate, medium size, 5-5 \ _> inches across; sepals moderately shoi t 

 and moderately slender, -'4 inch; pedicle moderately short, 7-8 inches. 



Fruit mature edible stage 10-12 inches long, 2 ' j-3 inches in 

 diameter at the apex; shape somewhat cylindrical, slightly enlarged at 

 the apex; surface smooth, blossom scar small, slightly extended. Skin 

 color effect moderately dark green; ground color pale yellow ivory 

 yellow 1 profusely and heavily marked with very dark green (dull 

 greenish black 1 lace-like color pattern over the entire fruit; con- 

 centrated to form narrow, distinct, nearly solid dark green stripes 

 which conform to the ridges at the base of the fruit. Fruit stalk 

 short and thick, 1 inch, deeply ridged and expanded at the point 

 of attachment; marked with a dark green lace-like color pattern 

 similar to that on the fruit. Shell soft, thin. Flesh thin, ' j- 3 4 inch, 

 moderately fine texture, slightly stringy in older fruits, quality 

 good; color pale greenish white (sea foam green 1. Mature fruit 

 12-14 inches long, 3' L >-3 :i 4 inches at the base and 4 1 _>~*'i inches 

 at the apex; weight 4'j-6 pounds. Shape same as during mature 

 edible stage. Color creamy yellow 1 warm buff) with a lace-like 

 color pattern of pale orange (capucine orange). Flesh VI inch 

 thick, pale creamy yellow (buff yellow) very coarse; seed cavity 

 large, conforms to fruit shape; placental tissue abundant, coarse, 

 stringy and difficult to remove. 



Seed moderately small; moderately short, medium width and 

 thickness, slightly inflated, 1.58 x .90 x .35 cm. 184 per oz.); face 

 smooth, dull white 1 pale olive buff.) : margin wedge-like. 



'Beverly. R. History of Virginia. 124. 1705. 



