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productive, having given 300 bushels per | white or yellow, flesh white, dry and 
acre when planted early and on rich | mealy, in large specimens frequently 
land. Isalmostthe only kind cultivated | stringy. 
for the New Orleans market. Skin dull | 6 
There are some other varieties of Sweet Potatoes highly prized in the West, but 
not appreciated here. The Red and Yellow Nansemond are of a fine quality and 
productive, but will not sell so well as the California Yam, when taken to market. 
For home consumption they are fine, and deserve to be cultivated. 
PUMPKIN, 
PoTiron (Fr.), Ktirpiss (Ger.), CALABAZzA (Sp.). 
Kentucky Field. Cashaw Crook Neck. (Green Striped. ) 
Large Cheese. Golden Yellow Mammoth. 
Are generally grown in the field, 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. Plant in hills from 
eight to twelve feet apart. 
Golden Yellow Mammoth. 
grained, yellow and very sweet. It 
soft shell, salmon:color; very produc- | keeps well. This variety takes the place 
tive; best for stock. ; here of the Winter Squashes, which are 
Large Cheese. This is of a bright very little cultivated. 
Kentecky Field. Large round, 
orange, sometimes salmon color, fine Golden Yellow Mammoth. This 
grained, and used for table or for stock | isavery large Pumpkin. Flesh and skin 
feeding. are of a bright golden color, fine grained 
E Cashaw Crook Neck. This is | and of good quality, .1.had.‘some 
very extensively cultivated in the South | brought to the store weighing-one hun- 
4 for table use. There are two kinds,one dred to. one hundred and fifty pounds, 
___ all yellow and the other green striped raised on land which was not. manured 
_ with light yellow color. The latter is | or fertilized. 
i. the preferable kind; the flesh is fine | 
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