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Keport of the Horticulturist of the 
ing, deep green ; — plant running, very vigorous ; leaves medium, 
deeply 3, sometimes distinctly 5-lobed, clear green, often with ash- 
colored spots at the junction of the larger veins, limb rather strongly 
dishing, margin distinctly serrate, lobes sinuate on the margin, apex 
bluntly pointed, surmounted by a sharp projection; petioles slender, 
distinctly furrowed, very deep green toward the base, paler toward 
the extremity. 
Very popular in England, where the fruits are used at all stages of 
growth after the blossom falls. The ripe fruit keeps well throughout 
the winter. 
Correctly figured in Les pi. pot., p. 181; Veg. Gar., p. 261. 
No. 47. WHITE POKTMANTEAU, Dam., '86. 
Fruit very large; cylindrical, slightly swollen towards the blossom 
end; ribs very obscure; skin white, very smooth; well developed 
samples 26 in. long, 8 in. in diameter; stem rather slender, furrowed 
dark green; — plant running, vigorous; leaves often very large, 
, roundish cordate, deep green, conspicuously marked with angular ash- 
colored spots at the junction of the veins, obscurely 3-lobed, apex and 
lobes bluntly pointed, margin very finely dentate or serrate; petioles 
rather slender, scarcely channeled, but often distinctly striped longi- 
tudinally with dark and pale green, hairs short, very numerous; vine 
rather slender angular, very deep green toward the base, with hairs 
like the petioles; flowers large on rather slender angular peduncles, 
calyx tube obscurely angular, sometimes extremely short, pale«green, 
lobes very large, green, hairy, nearly erect, distinctly furrowed above. 
B. Fruit stem broadly expanded at its union with the 
fruit. — Gucurbita moschata. 
a. Fruits club-shaped or pyriform, the neck 
usually more or less crooked. 
No. 48. CANADA CKOOKNECK, Greg.; Thor., '83, '85, '87; Veg. 
Gar.; Vil. 
Syn. Fall or Winter, gourd or squash, Vil. : Winter Gourd, Veg. Gar. : 
Fr., Courge coutors du Canada, Vil. : Ger., Canadischer Crook-neck 
Kiirbiss, A. de CI. 
Fruit club-shaped, quite thick toward the blossom end, with a long, 
rather slender, solid neck, which is usually more or less curved; skin 
rather soft, yellow at full maturity, but dark green, often partly 
covered with a whitish bloom-like appearance before ripeness; well 
developed samples 10 to 12 in. long, 5 or in. in largest diameter; — 
