FOE THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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PUMPKIN. 



PoTiRON (Fr.), KiiRBiss (Ger.), Calabaza (Sp.). 

 Kentucky Field. i Cashaw Crook Iseck. (Green Striped.) 



Large Cheese. I Golden Yellow Mammoth. 



Are generally grown in the Held, with the exception of the Cashaw, which is 

 planted in the garden ; but great care must be taken not to plant them close to 

 Squashes or Melons, as they will mix and spoil their quality. ^^- - • -•" - 

 eight to twelve feet apart. 



Plant in hills from 



Golden Yellow Mammoth. 



Kentucky Field. Large round, 

 soft shell, salmon color; very produc- 

 tive ; best for stock. 



Larg-e Cheese. This is of a bright 

 orange, sometimes salmon color, line 

 grained, and used for table or for stock 

 feeding. 



Cashaw Crook Week. This is 

 very extensively cultivated in the South 

 for table use. There are two kinds, one 

 all yellow and the other green striped 

 with light yellow color. The latter is 

 the preferable kind; the flesh is fine 

 grained, yellow, very sweet, and better 

 than any Winter Squash. It keeps well, 

 it takes the place here of the Winter 

 Squashes, which are very little cul- 

 tivated. The striped variety has been 

 cultivated here since a century and 

 never was found North or West ; since a 

 few years it has been brought out by 

 Northern Seedsmen as "Jsipau Pie 

 Pumpkin.'^ I had this kind grown 

 alongside of the Southern Striped Ca- 

 shaw, and found it one and the same. 



Oolden Yello\i^ WlaMimoth. This 

 is a very large Pumpkin. Flesh and skin 

 are of a bright golden color, fine grained 

 and of good quality. I had some 

 brought to the store weighing one hun- 

 dred to one hundred and fifty pounds, 

 raised on land which was not manured 

 or fertilized. 



Green Striped Cashaw Crook Neck. 



