PUMPKINS 



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Boulogne Gray 

 Pumpkin. — The size of 

 this fine variety approaches 

 that of the old Large 

 Green Pumpkin, but in 

 the colour and appearance 

 of the skin, and the 

 quality of the flesh, it 

 resembles the Spanish 

 Gourd. The plant is of 

 vigorous growth, pretty /, 

 early, and very productive, [| 

 with large broad leaves, 

 and fruit which are often 

 from 2j to 3 ft. across, 

 and about half as thick. 

 The skin is a dark olive 

 colour, sometimes a little 

 bronzy on the side next 

 the sun, and marked with 

 longitudinal bands of a 

 slightly paler colour; the 

 great number of very fine 



Large Bronze- coloured Montlhery Pumpkin. 



Boulogne Gray Pumpkin natural size). 



whole surface is also covered with a 

 short parallel lines, which give it the 

 gray tmt from which the 

 variety is named. The 

 flesh is yellow, thick, and 

 floury. The fruit of this 

 variety keeps at least 

 as long as that of the 

 Etampes Pumpkin. It 

 was raised a few years ago 

 at Boulogne - sur - Seine, 

 and has come extensively 

 into cultivation, being in 

 high repute with the 

 market-gardeners about 

 Paris. 



Large Bronze- 

 coloured Montlhery 

 Pumpkin. — Stem trail- 

 ing, from 16 to 18 ft. long. 

 Leaves numerous, erect, 

 large, lobate, and intensely 

 green. The fruit is rouncJ, 

 with well - marked ribs 

 and dark greenish brown 



