New York Agricultural Experiment . Station. 
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rather stiff hairs; vine deep green towards the base, obscurely 
angular. 
Considered the largest variety extant, specimens having exceeded 
200 pounds in weight. The vines are not productive so far as the 
number of fruits is concerned, and they require a long season for com- 
plete development. The fruit is said to keep well, and to be of excel- 
lent quality. It is superior for pies. 
No. 9. NEW MEDITERRANEAN, j. & s., '86. 
Syn. Chestnut (d), VEG. GAE. : Fr., Courge chataign, Yil. : C. marron, 
VIL. : C. pain des pauvres, Yil. : Potiron de Corfou, Vil. : Ger., Braun- 
rother Kastanien Kiirbiss, A. de CI. 
Fruit medium or rather small; ribs nearly or quite wanting; rich 
salmon color, sometimes inclining to scarlet; well developed samples 
7 in. in diameter, 6 in. through the axis; stem large, short and fleshy, 
swollen near the center, pale green striped with white; — plant very 
vigorous; leaves entire, with undulate borders, apex very often retuse, 
dull grayish green, sometimes strongly washed with gray, rather 
strongly dishing; petioles slender, tall, channeled, striped more or less 
distinctly with light and dark green, with numerous short, white hairs; 
vine ang-ular. 
The plant is rather productive, and the fruit is said to keep well. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 174; Veg. Gar., p. 255. 
No. 10. POSSUM NOSE PUMPKIN, Greg., '86. 
Fruit slightly oblate, hollowed about the stem, and terminating in a 
small cylindrical protuberance at the blossom end; ribs obscure, sur- 
face smooth, slightly warty; pale salmon color, with whitish stripes; 
well developed samples 9 in. in diameter, six in. through the axis; — 
flesh thick, rich orange ; stem swollen at the center ; — plant vigorous ; 
leaves very large, deep green; petioles pale green, sometimes striped 
with two shades, distinctly channeled with numerous short, rather stiff 
hairs; vine rather slender, pale green, nearly round at the base. 
Said to keep well, to be fair for table use, and excellent for pies. 
No. 11. SPANISH GOURD OR PUMPKIN, Veg. Gak. 
Syn. Green Spanish Pumpkin, Yil., '87: Spanish Gourd, Yil.: Fr., 
Potiron vert cV Eapagne, YIL., '87. 
Fruit medium or large; strongly oblate, distinctly hollowed about 
the stem and blossom end; irregularly ribbed; skin soft, dull green, 
mottled and netted with whitish green; well developed samples 18 in. 
in diameter, 12 in. through the axis; — flesh thick, very bright 
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