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with a great number of 

 small cracks or very fine 

 tracings ; flesh orange- 

 coloured, sweet, and of 

 -delicate flavour. A plant, 

 unless it is exceptionally 

 strong, should not be 

 allowed to carry more 

 than two fruit. These 

 often weigh from 27 to 

 33 lb. each, and even more, 

 and are rather difiicult 

 to keep. 



Prolific Early 

 Marrow. — A distinct and 

 very interesting variety, 

 in shape like the Hubbard ^ 

 Squash, but with the 

 colour of the Chestnut 

 Squash. A trailing plant, 

 not usually more than 

 6 to 8 ft. in length, it 

 branches out very little, 

 and ceases altogether early 

 in the season, after having 

 produced three or four fruit 



The 



of any other Squash, and keeps 



Prolific Eariy Marrow, 



Valparaiso Squash. 



fruit ripens earlier than those 

 well into winter. They are 

 not large, and seldom 

 weigh more than 6h lb. 



Boston Marrow 

 Squash. — Skin orange- 

 red ; flesh salmon colour. 

 Not quite so early as the 

 Prolific Early Marrow, 

 but in other respects 

 differs little from it. 



Hubbard Squash. — 

 A very vigorous-growing 

 kind, with trailing, 

 branching stems, often 

 16 to nearly 20 ft. long. 

 Leaves round, slightly 

 sinuated, and very finely 

 toothed at the edges. 

 The fruit has a sHght 

 resemblance to that of 



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