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No. 4. RED CHINA, Thor„ '87. 
Syn. Red Cardinal, Dam., '86: Small China Turban, Vil., '84: Small 
Chinese Turban Gourd, VEG. GxiR. : Fr., Giraumon petit de Chine, Vil., 
'84: Ger., Genfer plattrunder Kiirbiss, A. de CI.: Chinese, Hong-nan- 
kona, Vil. 
Fruit strongly flattened, depressed about the stem; ribs rather 
obscure, terminating at the ring, which is usually small; at the 
center of the ring is a small knob of the same color as the border; 
skin very hard and tough, rich orange red, with a few yellow or 
green longitudinal stripes; the depressed portion within the ring is 
sometimes green, and sometimes richly variegated with alternate 
irregular stripes of red, yellow and deep green. The whole fruit is 
sometimes somewhat warty; — flesh thin, pale yellow, dry and rather 
sweet; stem slender; — plant moderately vigorous; leaves rather 
small, pale green, entire; petioles short, usually slender, pale green, 
sometimes striped with whitish green; channeled, with numerous 
white hairs; vine slender, pale green. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 177; Veg. Gar., p. 258. 
No. 5. TREE PUMPKIN, Greg., '85, '86, '87. 
Fruit rather small; oblate, or very short cylindrical, somewhat 
hollowed about the stem; ribs obscure, the ring rough and whitish, 
the center usually regular, dull, pale bluish green; the main part 
blackish green; well developed sanrples 7 in. in diameter, 5 in. through 
the axis; — flesh greenish yellow, dry, but rather inferior in flavor; — 
plant vigorous, scarcely running, often quite bushy in habit; leaves 
clear green, roundish cordate ; petioles pale green, distinctly channeled, 
hairs very numerous; vine thick, deep green, angular. 
The only variety of C. maxima grown at the Station in which the 
vine is not distinctly running. 
The fruit is said be good for pies. 
b. Fruits not ringed about the blossom end. 
* Fruits distinctly oblate. 
No. 6. BOULOGNE GRAY PUMPKIN, Veg. Gar. 
Syn. Gray Boulogne Pumpkin, Till., '85: Fr., Potir on gris de Boulogne, 
VIL., '87. 
Fruit very strongly oblate, hollowed about the stem, and at the 
blossom end, obscurely ribbed; skin rather soft, dark green, finely 
shaded and mottled with pale yellowish green; surface finely marked 
with short whitish corky lines; well developed samples 12 in. in 
