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skin ; flesh a beautiful yellow, and of excellent quality. It ripens 

 rather later than ^ the varieties described above, and keeps well 

 long after the Etampes Pumpkin has disappeared from the 

 market. 



Warted Marrow Squash. — A vigorous plant, with stems from 

 13 to over 16 ft. long. Large leaves, dark green, round, or some- 

 times undulated in outline. This 

 variety, raised in the neighbour- 

 hood of Bordeaux, is evidently 

 very closely allied to the Turk's 

 Cap or Turban Gourd, but differs 

 from it in some very marked 

 characteristics. In the first place, 

 the enlargement in the upper part 

 of the fruit is very slight, and 

 sometimes altogether wanting; and 

 in the next, the whole surface of 

 the skin, when ripe, is covered with 

 corky excrescences, somewhat like those seen on the skin of 

 Netted Melons. This gives the variety a very distinct character. 

 The flesh of the fruit is orange-coloured, very thick and sweet, 

 and of excellent quality. 



Chestnut Squash. — A vigorous plant, with stems from 13 to 

 over 16 ft. long. Leaves round, entire, usually undulated at the 

 edges. This is an excellent variety, with medium-sized or small 

 fruit, somewhat flattened at 

 the ends, but not concave, 

 as Pumpkins often are. 

 Ribs barely defined, or 



Waited Marrow Squash 

 natural size). 



altogether 



skin 



smooth, of an intense brick- 

 red colour ; flesh deep 

 yellow, very thick, sweet, 

 floury, and keeping well. 

 A plant may carry three 

 or four fruit well. 



Valparaiso Squash. — 

 Stems trailing, from 16 to 

 nearly 20 ft. long. Leaves 

 entire, somewhat elongated, 

 toothed and spiny at the 

 edges, of a clear green colour, sometimes silvery gray on the 

 upper surface ; fruit oblong, narrowed at both ends, about 16 to 

 20 in. long, and 12 to 14 in. in diameter in its widest part, and 

 shaped something like a Lemon ; ribs faintly defined, or altogether 

 wanting ; skin white, slightly tinged with gray, covered, when ripe, 



Chestnut Squash (|- natural size). 



