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| Keywords: The field and garden vegetables of America (Page 216) (6002095743).jpg 216 <br> CUCURRITACEOUS PLANTS <br> Custard Squash <br> Plant healthy and of vigorous habit often twenty feet and <br> upwards in length ; fruit oblong gathered in deep folds or <br> wrinkles at the stem near which it is the smallest abruptly <br> shortened at the opposite extremity prominently marked by <br> large rounded lengthwise elevations and corresponding deep <br> furrows or depressions ; skin or shell cream- white ; flesh <br> pale-yellow not remarkable for solidity or fineness of texture <br> but well flavored ; the seeds are yellowish-white and readily <br> distinguished from those of other varieties by their long and <br> narrow form Under favorable conditions of soil and season <br> the Custard Squash attains a large size ; often measuring <br> twenty inches and upwards in length eight or ten inches in <br> diameter and weighing from eighteen to twenty-five pounds <br> It is one of the hardiest and most productive of all varie- <br> ties Crops are recorded of fourteen tons from an acre It <br> is esteemed by some for pies ; but as a table squash is inferior <br> to most other sorts Its great yield makes it worthy the <br> attention of agriculturists as it would doubtless prove a <br> profitable variety to be cultivated for stock <br> From the habit of the plant the form and character of the <br> fruit and its great hardiness and productiveness it appears to <br> be allied to the Vegetable Marrow 29062554 92326 42073 Page 216 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062554 1863 10 5962/bhl title 42073 Burr Fearing Biodiversity Heritage Library The field and garden vegetables of America United States Varieties Vegetable gardening Vegetables Library Congress bhl page 29062554 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062554 united states Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-08-02 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/6002095743 2015-09-10 20 51 06 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The field and garden vegetables of America Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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