New York Agkicultural Experiment Station. 257 
petioles rather pale green, distinctly channeled; hairs not numerous, 
but rather large and stiff, translucent; vine deep green, furrowed. 
One of the earliest varieties; good for use while the skin is 
sufficiently tender to be easily pierced by the finger nail. The fruit 
is sometimes dried, and used as an ornamental gourd. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 184; Veg. Gar., p. 264. 
A running variety of Summer Warted Crookneck is extant, but it 
has not been grown at the Station. 
No. 29. LONG GREEN CKOOKNECK, Land., '85, 
Syn. Long Green Summer Crookneck, Land., '87. 
Fruit club-shaped, neck usually more or less crooked; skin hard and 
tough, blackish green, often beautifully variegated with irregular and 
narrow stripes of pale or yellowish green, yellow where lying on the 
soil; well developed samples 14 in. long, 8| in. in longest diameter; — 
flesh pale yellow, moderately dry, sweet and well flavored; stem 
slender, slightly tapering, deep green; — plant running vigorous; 
leaves large, deep green, distinctly 3 or 5 lobed; petioles pale green, 
rather obscurely channeled, with a few short, stiff hairs; vine very 
dark green toward the base, shallow, furrowed, with a few white 
prickles. 
f Fruits oval. 
No. 30. BRAZILIAN SUGAR, Thor., 87; Vil., '84, '85. 
Syn. Brazilian Sugar Gourd, Veg. Gar. : Fr., Courge sucriere du Bresil, 
Vil., '84, '85 : Ger., Brazilianischer Zucker-Kiirbiss, Vil. 
Fruit oval; ribs obscure; skin very hard and tough, dark green 
before maturity, orange when fully ripe; well developed samples 5 in. 
diameter, 6 in. through the axis; stem pale green, rather slender, 
tapering, with numerous long and slender, whitish hairs; — flesh 
yellow, thick, very sweet; — plant vigorous; leaves deep green, much 
blistered, margin rather remotely dentate ; petioles uniform pale green, 
scarcely channeled, with a few rather strong green hairs; vine pale 
green, deeply furrowed, with numerous slender green hairs. 
The fruit is recommended as being of good quality, and keeping 
well, and the plant is quite productive. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 182; Yeg. Gar., p. 263. 
No. 31. NANTUCKET PUMPKIN, Burr. 
Syn. Hard-Shell Pumpkin, Burr: Nigger Head P., Burr: Negro P., 
Greg., '85, '87. 
Fruit roundish, sometimes oblate, or oblong; ribs obscure ; skin 
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