an five
inches in its smallest diameter, bent at the middle, and broadly but
faintly ribbed,--it increases in size towards the extremities, but is
largest at the blossom-end, where it reaches a diameter of eight or ten
inches; skin bright green; stem small; flesh bright, clear yellow; the
neck is entirely solid, and the seed-end has an unusually small cavity;
seeds dull white.

The late Rev. A. R. Pope, in a communication to the Massachusetts
Horticultural Society, describes it as follows: "New, very heavy; having
a large, solid neck, and a small cavity for the seeds. Flesh sweet, dry,
and somewhat coarse, but not stringy. Very superior for pies, and a good
keeper."

PATAGONIAN.

A large, long Squash, prominently ribbed. It differs little in form or
size from the Custard. Skin very deep green; flesh pale yellow; seeds of
medium size, yellowish-white.

The plant is a vigorous grower, and the yield abundant; but its quality
is inferior, and the variety can hardly be considered worthy of
cultivation for table use. It may, however, prove a profitable sort for
growing for agricultural purposes.

PURITAN.

[Illustration: Puritan Squash.]

Plant running, ten feet and upwards in length; leaves clear green, of
medium size; fruit bottle-formed, fourteen or fifteen inches long, and
about ten inches in diameter at the broadest part; neck solid, four or
five inches in diameter; average weight eight to ten pounds; skin thin,
usually white or cream-white, striped and marked with green, though
specimens sometimes occur, from unmixed seed, uniformly green; flesh
pale yellow, dry, sweet, mild, and well flavored; seeds of medium size,
white. Season from August to January.

This variety, long common to gardens in the vicinity of the Old Colony,
retains its distinctive character to a very remarkable degree, even when
grown under the most unfavorable circumstances. Seeds, obtained from a
gardener who had cultivated the variety indiscriminately among numerous
summer and winter kinds for upwards of twenty years, produced specimens
uniformly true to the normal form color, and quality. It is hardy and
productive, good for table use, excellent for pies, and well deserving
of cultivation.

SWEET-POTATO SQUASH.

Plant very similar in character to that of the Hubbard or Autumnal
Marrow; fruit twelve or fourteen inches long, seven or eight inches
thick, sometimes ribbed, but usually without rib-markings; oblong,
tapering to the e