1890.] History of Garden Vegetables. 737 
Pepo silvestris. Dod., 1616, 668. 
Melopepo. Tourn., 1719, t. 34. 
Canada Pumpkin. Vermont Pumpkin. 
Cheese Pumpkin. Fruit much flattened, deeply and rather 
regularly ribbed, broadly dishing about cavity and basin. Varies 
somewhat widely in the proportional breadth and diameter. 
Melopepo compressus alter. Lob. ic., 1591, L, 643. 
Pepo maximus compressus. Ger., 1597, 774 
Cucurbita genus, sive Melopepo compressus alter, Lobelio. J. B., 
1651, IL, 266. 
Large Cheese. Fessenden, 1828; Bridgeman, 1832. 
Cheese. 
This variety, says Burr, was extensively disseminated in the 
United States at the time of the American Revolution, and was 
introduced into New England by returning soldiers. 
Common Yellow Field. Fruit rounded, a little deeper than 
broad, flattened at the ends, rather regularly and more or less 
prominently ribbed. 
Cucurbita indica. Cam. Epit., 1586, 293. 
Melopepo teres. Lob. ic., 1591, L, 643. 
Pepo maximus rotundus. Ger., 1597, 773- 
Cucurbita aspera, Icon. I. J. B., 1651, IL, 218. 
Cucurbita folio aspero, zucha. Chabr., 1673, 130. 
Common Yellow Field Pumpkin. 
Long Yellow. Fruit oval, much elongated, the length nearly 
or often twice the diameter, of large size, somewhat ribbed, but 
the markings less distinct than those of the Common Yellow. 
Cucumis Turcicus. Fuch., 1542, 698. 
Melopepo. Roszlin, 1550, 116. 
Pepo. Tragus, 1552, 831. 
Cucurbita indica longa. Lugd., 1587, I., 617. 
Pepo maximus oblongus. Ger., 1597, 773- 
Pepo majer oblongus. Dod., 1616, 635 ; Bodæus, 1644, 782- 
Cuourbita aspera, Icon. II. J. B., 1651, IL, 218. 
Cucurbita folio aspero, sucha. Chabr., 1673, 130. 
Long Yellow Field Pumpkin. 
