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THE VEGETABLE GARDEN 



of the fruit more or less cracked and netted, 

 the latter, saying that it has thicker flesh. 



Nicaise Pumpkin. 



Spanish Gourd or Pumpkin.— Stems 

 of medium size, roundish, of a dark 

 ash colour : fruit of medium size 



Some cultivators prefer 

 It appears to us to be a 

 reversion towards the 

 Large Yellow variety. 



Nicaise Pumpkin. 

 — A reduced form of 

 the preceding, and 

 rougher and more 

 netted. Each plant can 

 produce three or four 

 small fruit, which for 

 the use of small families 

 is more convenient than 

 two large fruit. 



Large Green 

 Pumpkin. — Fruit 

 large, rather flattened^ 

 with a dark green skin^ 

 which is often cracked 

 or netted when ripe. 

 It is a good hardy 

 variety, but the follow^ 

 ing kind is now rather 

 more in favour. 

 10 to 13 ft. long ; leaves 

 green slightly tinged with 

 or even small, very much 



flattened, hollowed on both ends ; skin green, often very finely 

 netted, which gives it a 

 gray tint ; flesh bright 

 yellow, very thick, and 

 keeping good for a very 

 long time. This excellent 

 variety, which is in very 

 great demand in the 

 markets, has the advantage 

 of producing fruit of a 

 moderate size, which are 

 generally more convenient 

 for family use than the 

 very large kinds, which 

 often become spoiled before 

 the whole of them can be 

 eaten, all kinds of Gourds 



being very difficult to keep after the skin is cut. 

 the plant will carry two or three fruit well. 



Spanish Gourd or Pumpkin. 



When growing. 



