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Flesh of Pumpkin. No. L. 9.31 11.50 64.55 14.64 1.34 1.84 7.59 
Flesh of Pumpkin. No. II. | 11.61 | 13.75 | 58.76 | 15.88 2.52 2.20 5.43 
Flesh of Pump. Mean of two] 10.46 12.63 61.65 15.26 1.93 2.02 6.51 
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Flesh of Marrow Squash . 7.07 9.32 72.09 11.52 3.29 1.49 10.35 
Flesh of Hubbard Squash. 6.17 4.52 | 82.56 6.75 0.99 0.72 | 14.72 
Flesh of Crook-Neck Squash | 4.94 | 1037 | 75.82 8.87 0.38 1.66 | 10.67 
Rind of Pumpkin. No.I.. 9.64 | 18.65 | 46.53 |} 25.18 3.12 2.98 | 15.56 
Rind of Pumpkin. No. II. | 10.25 | 21.94 | 43.06 | 24.75 4.11 3.51 | 11.99 
Rind of Pumpkin. Mean of 
the two. 0..0. 3 2% | 29:9b* || 20-302. | 944.78 ea 3.62 3.25 | 13.78 
Rind of Marrow Squash. . | 10.85 | 19.61 | 50.11 | 19.93 5.33 8.14 | 14.35 
Rind of Hubbard Squash .| 5.36 | 13.11 | 63.00 | 18.53 3.83 2.10 | 20.99 
Rind of Crook-Neck Squash | 5.49 | 15.74 | 63.63 | 15.14 3.15 2.52 | 18.65 
Seeds and Stringy Matter 
of Pumpkin. No.I.. .| 6.88 | 26.26 | 51.32 | 15.54 29.63 4.20 | 24.06 
Seeds and Stringy Matter 
of Pumpkin. No. II .| 6.14 | 25.56 | 49.77 | 18.53 30.21 4.09 | 22.21 
Seeds and Stringy Matter of 
Pumpkin. Mean of two. 6.51 25.91 | -50.54 17.04 20.92 4.15 23.14 
Seeds and Stringy Matter 
of Marrow Squash ..|]| 6.14 | 20.79 | 56.85 | 16.22 28.04 3.33 | 27.65 
Seeds and Stringy Matter 
of Hubbard Squash. .| 4.92 | 18.22 | 58.12 | 18.74 22.72 2.92 | 33.28 
Seeds and Stringy Matter 
of Crook-Neck Squash . 4,93 23.89 58.98 12.20 21.54 3.82 16.78 
this vegetable as a field crop. Pumpkins are, doubtless, somewhat 
more nutritious, weight for weight, than turnips, and under the condi- 
tions of farming which obtain in New England, they are more easily 
grown than turnips. It would appear indeed, from the statements of 
European writers, that there is little to choose between turnips and 
pumpkins as to the number of tons of each that may be obtained per 
acre, when the land is in fit condition and is devoted solely to one or 
