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THE VEGETABLES OF NEW YORK 



Yokohama. Refs. 4, 5, 11, 14, 26, 50, 59, 67, 71, 82, 

 101, 126, 132, 137. 

 Mr. Thomas Hogg of New York visited Japan in 

 1862 and found a number of interesting cultivated 

 plants. He sent home to his brother James Hogg a 

 variety of seeds and among them were the seeds of a 

 squash. These were planted, made vigorous growth, 

 and produced fruits quite unlike any other squash yet 

 grown in this country. It was natural that the name 

 Yokohama should be given to this variety. There have 

 been a number of other sorts introduced from Japan, 



but none have shown characteristics suitable for use as 

 a vegetable by our people. This variety is practically 

 the same as Chirimen and probably was the progenitor 

 of the present-day variety. 



Plant trailing; vines moderately slender, vigorous, very dark 

 green. Leaves moderately small, shallowly lobed, bluntly pointed 

 at the apex, very deep dull green, profusely blotched with gray. 



Fruit small; 5-6 x 8-10 inches; shape distinctly oblate, 

 depressed at base and apex; ribbed distinctly and narrowly; fur- 

 rowed deeply and narrowly; surface profusely covered with small 

 blister-like protuberances. Shell hard and woody; skin color very 

 dark green, later turning to light brown. Flesh thick, fine texture, 

 sweet, flavor good, color lemon yellow. Quality moderately good. 



SUPPLEMENTARY LIST OF OBSCURE VARIETIES 



The names given below represent varieties which 

 can be considered of minor importance and about which 

 little information is available; varieties which were in 

 existence for a very short period; or varieties the seed of 



Varieties 



of 



Cucurbita 



maxima 



Adam's Favorite. Ref. 125. 

 Apple Skin Hubbard. Syn. 



Sweet Potato. Refs. 14, 24, 



56. 

 Banquet. 



Bertram. Ref. 21. 

 Blight Resistant. 

 Bolton. Ref. 11. 

 Chinese. Ref. 130. 

 Eureka. Syn. New Eureka. 



Refs. 17, 27, 47, 115, 130. 

 Flat Top Pie. 



Golden Imperial. Ref. 125. 

 Gray Mammoth. Ref. 31. 

 Green Spanish. 

 Guesman. Ref. 38. 

 Handford's Cream. Ref. 125. 

 Iowa Standard. 

 Ironclad. Refs. 33, 41, 73, 



129. 

 Large Bronze Montlhery . 



Ref. 101. 

 Large Green. Ref. 101. 

 Large Sugar. Ref. 37. 

 Large White. Ref. 137. 

 Lee's Mammoth. 

 Mammoth French. Refs. 14, 



130. 



Mammoth Leghorn. Ref. 3. 

 Mammoth Summit. Ref. 130. 

 Mammoth White. 

 Mission. Ref. 101. 

 Nicaise. Ref. 101. 

 Noxall. 

 Ohio Giant. 

 Pincushion. Ref. 89. 

 Premium Hybrid. Ref. 14. 

 Red Banana. 1937 intr., Gill 



Bros., Portland, Ore. 

 Rocky Mountain. Ref. 130. 

 Soanish Gourd. Refs. 19, 74, 



101. 

 Sweet Nut. Refs. 26, 119, 



130. 

 Underwood Blight Resistant. 

 Utah Giant Field. Syn. Utah, 



Utah Mammoth Field. 

 Valencia. Ref. 101. 

 Vow Vow. 

 West India Mammoth. Refs. 



14, 130. 

 White Leghorn. 

 Winter Belle. 

 Woodbury. 

 Yakima Marblehead. (Gill 



Bros.) 



which is not available today and therefore no plantings 

 could be made to determine their status with reference 

 to recognized standard sorts. 



Varieties of Cucurbita Popo 



Alsatian. Ref. 101. 



Barbadoes Cluster. 



Citron Bush. Refs. 49, 50. 



Columbian. Refs. 17, 130. 



Congo. Ref. 101. 



Cook's Favorite. Refs. 16, 

 26. 



Cream Vegetable Marrow. 

 Ref. 130. 



Early Lemon. 



Early Long Warted. 



Early Orange. 



Egg-shaped. Ref. 24. 



Extra Early Cluster. 



Golden Cluster. Refs. 14, 47. 



Hard Pumpkin. Ref. 94. 



Large Sweet. Ref. 130. 



Long Marrow. Ref. 88. 



Long Yellow Vegetable Mar- 

 row. Ref. 101. 



Mammoth Sugar. Ref. 130. 



Mandarin Bush. Refs. 49, 50. 



Melon. Refs. 11, 124. 



Mexican Laguna. 



Missouri. Ref. 102. 



Nice. Ref. 101. 



Orange. Refs. 49, 50. 

 Orange Custard Marrow. 



Refs. 32, 101. 

 Prolific Field. Ref. 130. 

 Red Field. 

 Russian Queen. 

 Small Florida. 

 Sweet Field. Ref. 130. 

 Sweetheart. 

 White Bell. Ref. 19. 

 White Warted Flat Custard 



Marrow. Ref. 101. 

 Winter Nut. Refs. 33, 41. 73. 



Varieties of Cucurbita mos- 

 chata 



African. 1937 intr., Kilgore 

 Seed Co., Plant City, Fla. 



Bordeaux. Ref. 101. 



Crystal Spring. 



Egg Plant Squash. 



Lundgren. Ref. 13. 



Mirepoix. Ref. 101. 



Orange Color Giant Melon. 

 Ref. 50. 



Violette. Ref. 101. 



