GARDEN MANUAL FOR THE SOUTHERN STATES. 



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PUMPKIN. 



PoTiRON (Fr.), KuRBiss (Ger.), Calabaza (Sp.)» Zucca (Ital.) 



Kentucky Field. Cashaio Crook Neck, green striped. 



Large Cheese. Golden Yellow Mammoth. 



Connecticut Field. Small Sugar. 



Cashavo Crook Neck, Yellow Striped,. 



CULTURE. — Are generally grown in the field, v/ith the exception of the Cashaw, which 

 is planted in the garden; but great care must be taken not to plant them close to Squashes or 

 Melons as they will mix and spoil their quality . Plant in hills from eight to twelve feet apart. 



Green Striped Cashaw Crook Neck. 



sweet, a nd better than any Winter 

 Squash. It keeps well; it takes 

 the place here of the Winter 

 Squashes, which are very little 

 cultivated. The striped variety 

 has been cultivated here since 

 a century and never was found 

 North or West, within a few 

 years it has been brought out 

 by Northern seedsmen as Japan 

 Pie Pumpkin. Y/e had this kind 

 grown alongside of the Southern 

 Striped Cashaw and found it one 

 and the same. 



Golden Yellow Mammoth. 

 This is a very large Pumpkin. 

 iVlesh and skin are of a bright 

 golden color, fine grained, and 

 ol good quality. Some were 

 bn^ught to the store weighing one hundred 

 to I ne hundred and fifty pounds, raised on 

 land which was not manured or fertilized, 



Sn.-^ll Sugar. Very handsome and prolific, 



Kentucky Field. Large round, soft 

 shell, salmon color; very productive; best 

 for stock. 



Large Cheese. This is of a bright 

 orange, sometimes salmon color, fine grain- 

 ed, and used for table or stock feeding. 



Connecticut Field. A large yellow 

 variety, hard shell, excellent for field cul- 

 ture. 



Cashaw Crook Neck. This is exten- 

 sively cultivated in the South for table use. 

 There are two kinds, one all yellow and 

 the other green striped with light yellow 

 color. The latter is the preferable kind; 

 the flesh is fine grained, yellow, very 



Golden Yellow Mammoth. 



of small size, averaging 10 inches in diameter. 

 Skin deep orange yellow, fine grained, sweet 

 and an excellent keeper. Very desirable for 

 table purposes. 



Hanging Baskets Planted ornot Planted with Growing Plants. 



