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12 in. broad, and about one-third less in depth ; the rest of the fruit 

 forms a long thin neck, which is curved into a semicircle in the part 

 next the stalk. When growing, the fruit should rest on the ground 



Common Bottle Gourd (jJ^ natural size). Miniature Bottle Gourd. 



or some other support, otherwise the neck will be broken by the 

 weight of the enlarged lower part. 



Common Bottle Gourd. — Fruit contracted about the middle, 

 and presenting two unequal divisions, of which the lower one is 

 larger and broader than the other, and sometimes flattened at the 

 base, so as to allow the fruit to rest firmly upon it ; the upper 

 division, next the stalk, is almost spherical. There is a certain 

 number of forms of this variety, all of which bear fruit of nearly the 



Powder-horn Gourd. Flat Corsican Gourd. 



same shape, but of extremely variable dimensions, some of them 

 being nearly 20 in. long and capable of containing at least two 

 gallons, while others are seldom more than 5 or 6 in. in length. 



