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stripes, changing to yellow 'mustard yellow) during storage. Fruit 

 stalk short and very thick. 1 ' _■ . x 1 ' _■ 1 ; , inches, round, straight, 

 soft and corky. Shell medium thick. \ ^ inch, very hard, pale yellow 

 margarite yellow 1 . Flesh moderately thin at apex and medial, 

 base 3' j 4 inches, nearly solid; texture coarse, granular, moderately 

 firm, rather moist; moderately sweet, light yellow ^maize yellow); 

 quality poor. Seed cavity large, conforms to fruit shape; placental 

 tissue abundant, rather moist, very fibrous, difficult to remove. 



Seed moderately large; moderately long, moderately narrow 

 and plump, 2.0 x 1.04 x .47 cm. ^124 per oz. ; face moderately 

 rough, pitted and creased, glossy white; margin sharp wedge-like, 

 buff ^vinaceous buff), moderately fuzzy. 



Virginia Mammoth. 



This is one of the pumpkins recommended for use 

 in the South. It is apparently an old variety for it is 

 listed in the 1895 catalog of T. W. Wood 8c Sons of 

 Richmond, Virginia, and has been carried continuously 

 since. 



Virginia Mammoth matured at Geneva in 125 days, 

 15 days earlier than Chirimen, in season with Kentucky 

 Field, and 5 days later than Quaker Pie. The vines are 

 more vigorous than those of Quaker Pie and have larger, 

 more frilled leaves, while the flowers have longer and 

 distinctly broader sepals. The fruits are much larger 

 and longer than those of Quaker Pie but have much the 

 same skin color. 



Plant trailing; vines moderately coarse, rather dark green, 

 very vigorous, 18—25 feet; branches many, basal and medial. Coty- 

 ledons moderately short and medium broad, 2 J s x 1 ' ■_> inches, broad 

 oval; apex rounded, slightly notched, veining prominent; color 

 grayish green. Leaves medium large, 11 x 15 inches, shallowly 

 5-lobed, decurrent: margin denticulate, distinctly frilled; surface 

 smooth, color moderately dark green, profusely marked with large 

 grayish blotches at the intersections and very often along the veins; 

 petiole medium long and medium heavy, 15-16 inches. Flower — 

 pistillate, large, 7-7 >_> inches across, orange; ovary fusiform, pale 

 green, mottled and spotted with pale yellow; sepals long and very 

 broad, 1 3 4 inches, distinctly leaf-like at the apex; — staminate, 

 moderately large, 6-6 J z inches; petals distinctly frilled and crumpled; 

 sepals long and very broad at apex, 1% inches, leaf-like appendage; 

 pedicle very long, 12—14 inches. 



Fruit medium large, 14-16 x 10—12 inches; weight 24-26 

 pounds. Shape oblong, slightly and usually irregularly tapering 

 from the medial towards both ends; base and apex slightly depressed; 

 ribbed widely; furrows shallow; surface smooth; blossom scar promi- 

 nent, 3 4 -l inch in diameter, depressed, blackened and checked. 

 Skin color consists of a dark buff cinnamon buff) lace-like color 

 pattern over the entire fruit, through the mesh of which shows a 

 lighter shade of buff pale ochraceous buff). Fruit stalk medium 

 long and moderately heavy, 3-4 inches, curved, moderately fur- 

 rowed, woody and tough, decidedly expanded at the base. Shell 

 moderately soft, variable in thickness, > g- '■'■ , inch. Flesh thick, 

 1 .2 inches, thickest at the base and apex, moderately coarse, 

 inner layers much more fibrous than outer ones, moist, insipid, 

 color variable, some with pale salmon orange (capucine orange), 

 others pale amber; quality poor. Seed cavity large, conforms to 

 fruit shape; placental tissue much, moist, tough, very fibrous, 

 very difficult to remove. 



Seed medium large; medium long and broad, moderately flat, 

 1.9 x 1.12 x .25 cm. (176 per oz.); face moderately rough and scaly, 

 buff (tilleul buffj; margin rounded, slightly swollen and fuzzy, 

 brown fawn). 



White Cushaw. Refs. 14, 31, 33, 73, 129, 130. Syns. 

 Improved White Cashaw, Jonathan, Large White 

 Cushaw, Mammoth White Cashaw, New Jona- 

 than, Trombone, White Crookneck, White Winter 

 Crookneck. 



Under the name Jonathan this was offered as early 

 as 1891 by Livingston and in 1893 by Johnson & Stokes 

 of Philadelphia. Inasmuch as the fruits have no particu- 

 lar merit over the Green Striped the variety has never 

 been widely used but has remained in trade lists until 

 recent years. 



Maturity was obtained at Geneva in 120 days, 5 days 

 earlier than Golden Cushaw and in season with Green 

 Striped Cushaw. The fruits are similar to those of 

 Green Striped Cushaw except in color, and have a 

 shorter, more slender neck. 



Plant trailing; vines, foliage and flowers much the same as 

 those of Green Striped Cushaw. 



Fruit medium large, 18-20 inches long, 8-y inches in diameter 

 at the medial and 4-5 inches at the base; weight 12-16 pounds. 

 Shape crookneck with a distinctly swollen apex; surface smooth; 

 blossom scar 3 4 inch in diameter, often slightly depressed. Skin 

 color nearly white i margarite yellow) over the entire surface. Fruit 

 stalk moderately short and thick, 2-3 x 1-1 ! 4 inches, slightly curved, 

 slightly furrowed, woody and rather tough. Shell moderately soft 

 and medium thick, J s - tj inch. Flesh moderately thin at medial 

 and apex 3 4 — 1 inch, solid at the base; texture coarse, rather stringy 

 along the inner portion, moist, moderately tender; insipid (cream 

 color | ; quality poor. Seed cavity at apex; placental tissue abundant, 

 tough, difficult to remove. 



Seed medium large; medium long and broad and medium flat, 

 1.86 x 1.1 x .33 cm. 152 per oz. I; face finely wrinkled, glossy white; 

 margin wedge-like, moderately fuzzy, buff (vinaceous buff). 



White Portmanteau. Refs. 48, 137. Syn. Porte- 

 manteau. 



From the description given by Goff in 1884 this 

 appears to have been a variety with fruits similar in 

 shape to Neapolitan but with a white skin. It is also 

 listed in Vilmorin with the added confirmation that the 

 vegetative characters are also similar to that variety. 



The fruits are individual in shape and may be likened 

 to the neck-like solid portion of Golden Cushaw, lacking 

 the curve and the abrupt swollen apex of that variety. 

 The literature disagrees as to its species, but herbarium 

 specimens available serve as the basis for including it 

 among the moschata varieties. 



Plant trailing; vines moderately slender, very dark green near 

 the base, vigorous; leaves large, nearly entire, dark green, profusely 

 marked with grayish blotches at the junction of veins and veinlets; 

 margin denticulate; petiole slender. 



Fruit large; 24-26 x 7-8 inches. Shape cylindrical, somewhat 

 swollen near the apex; ribs obscure; furrows very shallow, surface 

 very smooth; skin color nearly white. 



Winter Crookneck. Refs. 24, 50, 59, 64, 130. 



This variety differs from that of Canada Crookneck 

 in being considerably larger; from that of Green Striped 

 Cushaw in being either solid dark green or cream; and 

 from the cushaws as a group in having a considerable 

 number of nearly straight fruits. 



Plant trailing; vines vigorous; leaves moderately lobed, dark 

 green blotched with gray; petioles slender and very dark green. 



Fruit variable in size, usually 18-20 inches long, 6-8 inches in 

 diameter at the apex and 3^1 inches at the medial and base: shape 

 variable, usually crookneck, otten nearly straight, decidedly and 

 abruptly swollen at the apex. Skin color green or cream, often 

 changing during storage to a paler green or reddish cream. 

 Extremely variable in flesh, usually salmon yellow in color. 



