oped and apparently well-matured specimens are often coarse,
fibrous, watery, and unfit for table use. The variety ripens in
September, and will keep till March or April.

CUSTARD SQUASH.

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Plant healthy and of vigorous habit, often twenty feet and upwards in
length; fruit oblong, gathered in deep folds or wrinkles at the stem,
near which it is the smallest, abruptly shortened at the opposite
extremity, prominently marked by large, rounded, lengthwise elevations,
and corresponding deep furrows, or depressions; skin, or shell,
cream-white; flesh pale-yellow, not remarkable for solidity, or fineness
of texture, but well flavored; the seeds are yellowish-white, and
readily distinguished from those of other varieties by their long and
narrow form. Under favorable conditions of soil and season, the Custard
Squash attains a large size; often measuring twenty inches and upwards
in length, eight or ten inches in diameter, and weighing from eighteen
to twenty-five pounds.

It is one of the hardiest and most productive of all varieties. Crops
are recorded of fourteen tons from an acre. It is esteemed by some for
pies; but, as a table squash, is inferior to most other sorts. Its great
yield makes it worthy the attention of agriculturists, as it would
doubtless prove a profitable variety to be cultivated for stock.

From the habit of the plant, the form and character of the fruit, and
its great hardiness and productiveness, it appears to be allied to the
Vegetable Marrow.

EGG-SHAPED, OR REEVES. _Thomp._

Fruit large, weighing from fifteen to twenty pounds; but in rich, highly
manured soil, and with only a few on each plant, it may be grown to
upwards of fifty pounds' weight. It is short, ovate, sometimes tapering
rather abruptly. Skin, or shell, hard, of a reddish color; flesh firm,
red, excellent in a ripe state cooked as a vegetable, or in any other
way in which squashes are prepared. The stems run to a very great
length, and bear all along most abundantly. Altogether, it is a sort
highly deserving of cultivation.

It was brought into notice by John Reeves, Esq.; who has contributed to
horticulture many valuable plants from China, where he resided for many
years.

Plant in hills eight feet apart, and thin to two plants to a hill.

HONOLULU.

Plant twelve feet or more in length, remarkably strong and vigorous;
leaves very large,--the leaf-stems often three feet and upwards in
length; fruit larg