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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



than those of Virginia Mammoth, have smaller leaves 

 and have flowers which are slightly larger with smaller 

 sepals. The fruits are similar in color but those of 

 Quaker Pie are shorter and more pyriform in shape. 



Plant trailing: vines slender, medium green, occasionally very 

 dark green, vigorous, 15-18 feet: branches many, basal and medial. 

 Cotyledons moderately short and narrow, 2 1 , x l 1 , inches, oval: 

 apex moderately tapered: color moderately light grayish green. 

 Leaves small, 9 x 12 inches, shallowly 5-lobed: decurrent; margin 

 slightly incised at the base, otherwise denticulate, slightly frilled: 

 surface smooth; color dark green profusely marked with moder- 

 ately large gray blotches along the veins and at intersections: 

 petiole medium long and moderately slender, 14—16 inches. Flower 

 — pistillate, very large, 8 inches across, orange; ovary fusiform; 

 sepals moderately short and broad, :i 4 inch, somewhat leaf-like; — 

 staminate, medium large, 5-6 inches across; sepals medium long, 

 l'l inches, leaf-like, expanded at the tip; pedicle moderately long, 

 9-10 inches. 



Fruit moderately small, 10-12 x 8-9 inches; weight 10-12 

 pounds. Shape pyriform, often thickened at the neck, slightly 

 depressed at base and apex; ribbed moderately narrow; furrows very 

 shallow; surface smooth; blossom scar inconspicuous. Skin color 

 consists of a dark cream (cinnamon buff) lace-like pattern over 

 the entire surface, through the mesh of which a ground color of 

 paler cream pale ochraceous buff) is evident. Fruit stalk medium 

 long and thick, 3—4 inches, curved, slightly furrowed, woody 

 and tough, distinctly expanded at the base. Shell moderately 

 soft and moderately thick, } *,— y<; inch. Flesh moderately thick, 

 1 ! 4 inches, slightly thicker at the base; texture coarse, fibrous, 

 particularly the innermost layer, moist, rather tough, insipid, 

 pale orange (capucine orange ; quality poor. Seed cavity large; 

 placental tissue abundant, very moist, tough and fibrous, very 

 difficult to remove. 



Seed medium large; medium long, moderately narrow and 

 medium plump, 1.8 x .96 x 31 cm. (184 per oz. I; face slightly rough, 

 dull yellowish brown (tilleul buff); margin wedge-like, crinkled and 

 moderately fuzzy, light brown (fawn). 



Saikyo. 



This is a variety of Japanese origin listed by the 

 Oriental Seed Co. of San Francisco in 1927. In shape 

 it is quite unlike other squashes the fruits resembling a 

 jug with a large base. 



At Geneva this variety matured its fruit in 140 days, 

 in season with Kikuza, 5 days later than Chirimen and 

 25 days later than Japanese Pie. The flowers are 

 slightly smaller than those of Kikuza and have bell- 

 like ovaries with the stigma more expanded. The fruits 

 are much larger, distinct in shape, and similar in surface 

 character to those of Kikuza. 



Plant trailing; vines and foliage very much the same as Chiri- 

 men. Flower — pistillate, large, 7 inches across, orange; ovary 

 somewhat bell-like, constricted near the base; sepals long and 

 decidedly leaf -like, l';>-2 inches; — staminate, moderately small, 

 4 1 _. 5 inches across; petals slightly recurved and frilled; veins very 

 prominent, dark green: stigma velvet-like, yellowish green, slightly 

 expanded; sepals very long and broad, 2-2 ] 4 inches, small leaf-like 

 appendages present; pedicle very long, 12-14 inches. 



Fruit moderately small; 9-10 inches long, 10—12 inches in 

 diameter near the apex and 8-10 inches near the base; weight 10-12 

 pounds. Shape bell-like moderately constricted near the base: 

 ribbed moderately narrow: furrows moderately deep: surface rough 

 and wrinkled, warted and often profusely marked with small blister- 

 like eruptions; blossom scar depressed. Skin color develops very 

 late, changes from idark greenish black) to zinc orange to tawny) 



.^set : marked with a very heavy bloom in the later stages. Fruit 

 stalk moderately short and heavy, 2-3 inches, curved, moderately 

 furrowed, woody and tough, distinctly expanded at the base. 



Shell moderately hard and thin, rg inch. Flesh moderately thick, 

 1*4 inch at the base, otherwise about 1 inch; texture moderately 

 coarse, somewhat fibrous, moderately moist; rather sweet; color 

 light yellow (light cadmium); quality fair. Seed cavity moderately 

 small, conforms to fruit shape; placental tissue moderately little, 

 orange color, dry, somewhat fibrous, easily removed. 



Seed moderately small; moderately short, medium broad and 

 moderately flat, 1.68 x .96 x .29 cm. (288 per oz. ; face moderately 

 smooth, slightly scaly, dull white (cartridge buff) ; margin moderately 

 rounded, slightly fuzzy, buff tvinaceous buff). 



Seminole. 



This tropical pumpkin has been grown in Florida 

 for hundreds of years and occasionally has been offered 

 in seed lists. Aggeler & Musser of Los Angeles in 1916 

 featured it as a most promising sort, with a photograph 

 which showed the fruits as bell shaped. The name comes 

 from the Seminole Indian tribe from whom the original 

 seed was secured. 



Tennessee Sweet Potato. Refs. 14, 26. 33, 40, 41, 61, 

 73, 82. 106. 129, 130. Syns. Genesee Sweet 

 Potato. Green Striped Bell, Sweet Potato, Tennes- 

 see, Virginia Sweet Potato. 



The catalogs of Thorbum in 1847 and in 1856 offered 

 a variety under the name Green Striped Bell. While a 

 good description of this is not available it would seem 

 that it might have been the original of the variety herein 

 described. It has its counterpart for shape in the 

 Puritan Squash described by Burr in 1863. The first 

 use of the name Tennessee Sweet Potato in available 

 literature is found in the 1883 catalog of W. Atlee Burpee 

 8e Co. Some of the characters which have been respon- 

 sible for its extensive use in the South are its long keeping 

 qualities, its thick dry fine-grained flesh, and its excellent 

 flavor. This is one of the thick, fleshy stemmed 

 moschatas. 



Mature fruits were produced at Geneva in 110 days, 

 5 days earlier than Japanese Pie and in season with 

 Cheese and Calhoun. The vines are considerably more 

 vigorous than those of Japanese Pie. have leaves which 

 are decidedly darker green and much more sparsely 

 blotched with gray. The flowers are larger and some- 

 what less ruffled, while the fruits are much lighter in 

 color but have very similar fruit stalks. 



Plant trailing: vines coarse, vigorous, 15-18 feet; branches 

 moderately many, basal and medial. Cotyledons medium long 

 and moderately broad, 2 : . x 1' 4 inches, broad oval: apex tapered: 

 veining prominent; color dark green, somewhat mottled. Leaves 

 medium large, 10 x 15 inches, shallowly 5-lobed; decurrent: margin 

 slightly incised at the base, otherwise denticulate, slightly frilled, 

 surface somewhat blistered; color very dark green, sparsely marked 

 with small, light gray blotches at the intersections of veins and 

 veinlets; petiole medium long and moderately heavy, 14-16 inches; 

 spines very few. short and slender. Flower — pistillate, moderately 

 large. 6-7 inches across, orange; petals with margins somewhat 

 recurved and shallowly frilled: ovary club-like, gradually tapering 

 from the base to a much swollen apex; sepals very short and moder- 

 ately slender, 3 y inch; — staminate, medium large, 5 inches across, 

 petals recurved and shallowly frilled: sepals moderately short, 

 broad and moderately thick. 3 i inch; pedicle medium long, 8-9 inches. 



Fruit medium large, 12-15 inches long, 9-10 inches in diameter 

 at the apex and 4 1 _>-5 inches at the base; weight 12-15 pounds. 

 Shape pyriform; surface smooth: blossom scar ''4 inch in diameter. 

 Skin color pale yellow ivory yellow , rather uniformly marked with 

 broad longitudinal greenish yellow idull green yellow' lace-like 



