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c. Fruits distinctly oblate. 
No. 53. LARGE CHEESE PUMPKIN, Hen., '86. 
Probably the Cheese pumpkin of Burr. 
Fruit strongly oblate, with prominent ribs; skin smooth, moder- 
ately hard, yellow when ripe, before maturity mottled green, and 
covered with whitish bloom; well developed samples 10 to 12 in. in 
diameter, 5 to 6 in. through the axis ; stem slender, hairy; — plant 
vigorous; leaves large, entire or obscurely 3-lobed, deep green, with 
angular ash-colored spots; petioles pale green, scarcely channeled, 
with numerous short, stiff hairs; vine slender, angular, with the 
prickles more numerous and longer than on the petioles. 
In a Large Cheese pumpkin from Thor., '87, the fruit was globular, 
or short pyriform, and of a pale, dull yellow, or buff color; but the 
characters of the plant correspond with the above. 
No. 54. NIGGER PUMPKIN, Sib., '86. 
Fruit strongly oblate, with numerous, but not prominent ribs ; rich 
orange; well developed samples 9 in. in diameter, 5 in. through the 
axis; blossom end depressed into a broad but shallow basin; stem 
deep green, little hairy, set in a broad, shallow, furrowed cavity; — 
plant vigorous, moderately prolific; leaves pale green, nearly entire; 
petioles pale green, little channeled, with a very few short hairs j vine 
deep green at the base, angular or slightly furrowed, nearly destitute 
of hairs. 
No. 55. YOKOHAMA, Greg., '83; Vil., '87. 
Syn. Yokohama Gourd, Veg. Gar. : Fr., Courge de Yokohama, Vil., '87; 
Ger., Japanesischer oder Yokohama Kiirbiss, A. de CI. 
Fruit strongly oblate, with a basin about the stem and at the 
blossom end, quite irregular in form; distinctly and prominently 
ribbed and covered with small blister-like protuberances; skin hard, 
blackish green, the ends changing to light brown at complete 
maturity; well developed samples 10 in. in diameter, 5 in. through 
the axis; stem paler than either the fruit or vine, tapering; — flesh very 
thick, lemon color, fine grained and excellent; — plant vigorous,, 
moderately productive; leaves very deep dull green, much spotted 
with white, entire, cordate, bluntly pointed at apex, younger leaves 
obscurely angled; petioles short, scarcely channeled, but sometimes 
striped with two shades of green, with rather numerous, short hairs; 
vine blackish green, furrowed. The fruit keeps well, 
"After storing, it soon becomes entirely of a copper-like color, 
