New York Agricultural Experiment Station. 253; 
samples 11 in. long, 7 in. in diameter; — flesh yellow, remarkably dry, 
sweet and well flavored; — plant vigorous; leaves large, roundish- 
reniform, obscurely angled, margin finely serrate; petioles pale green, 
sometimes channeled towards the base, with numerous short, stiff 
whitish hairs; vine pale green, angular, sometimes slightly furrowed. 
The plant is productive, and the fruit is said to keep rather better 
than that of the Hubbard. 
Introduced several years ago by Mr. J. J. H. Gregory, of Marble- 
head, Mass. 
Correctly figured in " Squashes, and How to Grow Them/' p. 70. 
No. 20. OHIO, Thor., '87 ; Greg., ?'82; Vil. 
Syn. Autumnal Marrow, Vil., (not of Greg.) : California Marrow, Vil. : 
Fr., Courge de 1' Ohio, VIL. : Ger., Ohio langlichrunder gelber Kiirbiss, 
A. de CI. 
Fruit oval, sometimes thickest near the stem, and sometimes at the 
center or near the blossom end; distinctly but not prominently ribbed; 
terminating in a slight nipple; skin moderately hard, salmon pink 
with a small green patch about the nipple; well developed samples 9 
in. in diameter, 11 in. through the axis; — flesh rather thick, tender, 
fine-grained, dry, very well flavored; — plant vigorous; foliage clear 
green; leaves roundish, or obscurely angled, margin entire or sinuate, 
apex rounded, surface very smooth ; petioles rather slender, channeled, 
with numerous very sfyort hairs; vine large, deep green. 
The cut of this squash given by Vilmorin, Les pi. pot,, p. 175, is an 
exact representation of one form of it. As grown at the station, the 
fruit was as often regularly oval, or thickest toward the blossom end. 
No. 21. OLIVE, Veg. Gar.; Vil., '84. 
Syn. New French Olive, Thor., '87: New Olive, Thor., '85: Fr., Courge 
olive, VIL., '84: Ger., Oliven langlichrunder Kurbiss, A. deCl. 
Fruit oval, inclining to pointed at the blossom end, but rounding to 
the stem; skin hard, very smooth, very deep green, finely mottled and 
shaded with yellowish green; well developed samples 12 in. long, 6 in. 
in diameter; — flesh yellow, rather thick, very dry, sweet and well 
flavored; - -plant very vigorous; leaves large, entire, obscurely angled, 
clear green, surface very smooth but dishing", border coarsely undulate, 
apex distinctly pointed; petioles nearly uniform pale green, channeled, 
with rather numerous short, stiff, white hairs; vine very slender, pale 
green, little furrowed, obscurely angular. 
Of recent introduction, but one of the finest winter squashes. The 
