ting of the permanent
fleshy style. The fruit-stalk is short, nearly cylindrical, never deeply
five-furrowed, but merely longitudinally striated or wrinkled, and never
clavated, or enlarged with projecting angles, next to the fruit. With
few exceptions, they contain four or five double rows of seeds. To this
group belong Mr. Ives's Autumnal Marrow Squash (or Pumpkin); Commodore
Porter's Valparaiso Squash (Pumpkin); the so-called Mammoth Pumpkin, or
_Cucurbita maxima_ of the botanists; the Turban or Acorn Squash;
_Cucurbita piliformis_ of Duchesne; the Cashew Pumpkin; Stetson's
Hybrid, called the 'Wilder Squash;' with various others."

VEGETABLE MARROW. _Thomp._

Succade Gourd. Courge a la moelle, of the French.

Plant twelve feet and upwards in length; leaves deeply five-lobed; fruit
about nine inches long, and of an elliptic shape,--but it is sometimes
grown to twice that length, and of an oblong form; surface slightly
uneven, by irregular, longitudinal, obtuse ribs, which terminate in a
projecting apex at the extremity of the fruit. When mature, it is of a
uniform pale yellow or straw color. The skin, or shell, is very hard
when the fruit is perfectly ripened; flesh white, tender, and succulent,
even till the seeds are ripe. It may be used in every stage of its
growth. Some prefer it when the flower is still at the extremity of the
fruit; others like it older. When well ripened, it will keep well
throughout the winter, if stored in a perfectly dry place, out of the
reach of frost, and not exposed to great changes of temperature.

To have Vegetable Marrows large and fine for winter, the young fruit
should be regularly taken off for use; and, when the plant has acquired
strength, a moderate quantity should be allowed to set for maturity.
Sufficient for this purpose being reserved, the young fruit that may be
subsequently formed should be removed for use in a very young state. The
vines, or shoots, may be allowed to run along the surface of the ground;
or they may be trained against a wall, or on palings or trellises.

The seed should be planted at the same time and in the same manner as
those of the Winter Crookneck or Boston Marrow.

WILDER.

Stetson's Hybrid.

The Wilder Squash was produced about twelve years since, from the
Valparaiso and the Autumnal Marrow, by Mr. A. W. Stetson, of Braintree,
Mass.; and was named for the Hon. Marshall P. Wilder, a gentleman
widely known for his patriotic devotion to th