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IOWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE Vor. XXIX, 1922 
DESCRIPTION OF TYPES AND VARIETIES OF C. PEPO 
1. Thorburn’s Connecticut Field Pumpkin . — Plants with long 
running stems, five sided, deeply ridged, with stiff hairs. Leaf 
petiole five sided, from 11 to 13 inches. Leaves 5-lobed, deeply 
cleft. Male and female flowers long peduncled, length Y inch to 
1 inch. The fruit is longer than broad, oftentimes ridged, of a 
golden yellow color. 
2. Summer Crook-Neck Squashes. — Plants of a bushy char- 
acter, stems not running. Leaves 5-lobed with stiff hairs. The 
fruit is decidedly crooked and narrow, the distal part is swollen 
but terminating in a point, the skin is orange-colored. 
3. Table Queen. — Stems running, 5-sided, furrowed. Leaves 
5-lobed, deeply notched. Short petiole. The fruit is of a dark 
green (or cream) color, small, deeply furrowed, few in number. 
Outer skin very hard. 
4. Ferry 3 s Large Yellow Pumpkin. — Same as No. 1. 
5. Burpee's Golden Oblong Pumpkin. — -Same as No. 1. 
6. Stoke 3 s Big Tom Pumpkin. — Leaves 5-lobed, not so 
deeply cleft. No white spots at angles of veins. 
— C. maxima: 
Figure 3. 
