732 The American Naturalist. [August, 
as the Striped. It has apparently been grown in New England 
from the earliest times, and often attains a large size. Josselyn ® 
refers to a Cucurbit that may be this, the fruit “longish like a 
gourd,” the very comparison made by Ray. Kalm’ mentions a 
winter squash in New Jersey called “crooked neck,’ and Car- 
ver ' speaks of “ crane-necks " being preserved in the West for 
winter supply. A sub-variety, the Puritan,"? answers to Bever- 
ley's '? description of a form which he calls Cushaw, an Indian 
name recognizable in the Ecushaw of Heriot, 1586. This form 
was grown at the New York Agricultural Experiment Station in 
1884 from seed obtained from the Seminoles of Florida, and ap- 
pears synonymous with the Neapolitan, to which Vilmorin applies 
the French synonym of Courge de la Florida. 
This form of squash belongs to Cucurbita moschata, Cogn., 1.C., 
p. 546. 
The Pine Apple squash, in its perfect form, is of a remarkably 
distinctive character, on account of its acorn-shape and regular 
projection. As grown, however, the fruit is quite variable, and 
can be closely identified with the Pepo indicus angulosus of Ge- 
rarde," and is very well described by Ray in 1686. This 
variety was introduced in 1884 by Landreth, and, as I am in- 
formed, the seed came originally from Chili. Itisa winter squash, 
creamy white when harvested, of a deep yellow at a later period. 
It belongs to Cucurbita pepo, Cogn., l.c. 
The Turban squash is easily recognized by its special form, to 
which it is indebted for its name. In France this is classed with 
the Giravmons, and one of its trivial names is Citroville iroquoise. 
It is possibly the Chilian mamillary Indian gourd of Molina ™ in 
1787, described as with spheroidal fruit with a large nipple at the 
end, the pulp sweet and tasting like the sweet potato. In 1856 
% Josselyn. Rar., 8 
100 Kalm. Trav., 1670, I, 347 
101 Cary, Trav 
, 1776. 
102 Burr. Field and Gard. Veg., 1863, p. 221. 
M? Beverley. Hist. of Va., 1705, 124. 
» 1597, 774. 
686, I., 641. 
106 Molina. Hist. of Chili, 1808, I., 93- 
