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terminal lobe distinctly notched, usually more or less dishing, deep 
green, on some plants strongly marked along the veins with angular, 
ash-colored spots, borders plain, margin rather coarsely and deeply 
serrate; petioles very numerous, almost concealing the vine, long, some- 
times an inch and a half in diameter, but often quite slender, pale 
green, scarcely channeled, with a few short, stiff hairs; vine usually 
not more than one and a half feet long, much branched, some of the 
branches growing nearly upright, dark green toward the base. 
No. 39. GREEN STEIPED BERGEN, Burr; Greg.; Thor., '82, '85, '87. 
Syn. G-reen Striped Bush, Hen., '83, '85: Marrow Striped Cluster, 
H. & S., '87. 
Fruit small, inversely bell-shaped, sometimes ovate, depressed about 
the stem; ribs numerous, distinct about the stem; disappearing 
toward the blossom end; the furrows very dark green, the ridges 
creamy white, with irregular spots and jiatches of pale and dark green; 
well developed samples 5 in. in diameter, 6 in. through the axis; — 
flesh pale yellow, rather dry, moderately sweet, not very well flavored; 
stem slender, very dark green, tapering, scarcely furrowed, little 
hairy; — plant not running, growing to a diameter of 4 or 5 ft.; leaves 
often very large, clear green, distinctly 3, sometimes 5-lobed, the 
lobes and apex rounded at the terminus; petioles rather slender, pale 
green, distinctly channeled, with a few rather conspicuous whitish or 
translucent hairs; vine pale green, angular or furrowed; male flowers 
on slender i:>eduncles. 
No. 40. ITALIAN VEGETABLE MABKOW, Burr; Veg. Gar.; Vil. 
Syn. Italian Green Striped, Vil., '84: Fr., Coucourzelle, Vil.: Courge 
Coucourzelle, Burr: C. d'ltalie, VIL., '84: Ger., Langer Italienischer 
Kiirbiss, A. de CI. 
Fruit cylindrical, rounding, and sometimes swollen at the blossom 
end, tapering to the stem, where the five rather obscure ribs are most 
prominent; skin very smooth, quite hard, blackish green, with irreg- 
ular yellowish stripes and spots; well developed samples 18 in. long, 
4 in. in diameter; — plant not running; foliage dense and compact; 
leaves very dark green, deeply cut, with dentate lobes; petioles pale 
green; vine scarcely exceeding a foot in length. 
" In Italy, where this squash is very generally cultivated, the fruits 
are always used young, or about the size of a small cucumber; some- 
times even before the flower has opened, and when the ovary is scarcely 
the size and length of the finger. The plants thus deprived of their 
young fruits continue to yield profusely for several months. Gathered 
