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| Keywords: The field and garden vegetables of America (Page 218) (6002643258).jpg 218 l l R1HTACE0US PLANTS <br> Hubbard J J II Gregory <br> Plant similar in character and appearance to that of the <br> Autumnal Marrow ; fruit irregularly oval sometimes ribbed <br> but often without rib-markings from eight to ten inches in <br> length seven or eisrht inches <br> St iiLftr ' 1 in diameter and weighing <br> - \ from seven to nine pounds <br> some specimens terminate <br> quite obtusely others taper <br> sharply towards the extre- <br> j mities which are frequently <br> ;it r_ bent or curved ; skin or <br> shell dense and hard nearly <br> one-eighth of an inch thick <br> and overspread with numerous small protuberances ; stem <br> fleshy but not large ; color variable always rather dull and <br> usually clay-blue or deep olive-green the upper surface if <br> long exposed to the sun assuming a brownish cast and the <br> under surface if deprived of light becoming orange-yellow ; <br> flesh rich salmon-yellow thicker than that of the Autumnal <br> Marrow very fine-grained sweet dry and of most excellent <br> flavor in this last respect resembling that of roasted or <br> boiled chestnuts ; seeds white similar to those of the Au- <br> tumnal Marrow Season from September to June ; but the <br> flesh is dryest and sweetest during autumn and the early part <br> of winter <br> The Hubbard Squash should be grown in hills seven feet <br> apart and three plants allowed to a hill It is essential that <br> the limiting be made as far as possible from similar varieties <br> as it mixes or hybridizes readily with all of its kind In <br> point of productiveness it is about equal to the Autumnal <br> Manow The average yield from six acres was nearly five <br> tons of marketable squashes to the acre <br> Mr J 1 11 Gregory of Marblehead Mass who intro- 29062556 92326 42073 Page 218 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062556 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 29062556 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062556 united states Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-08-02 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/6002643258 2015-09-10 20 51 48 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The field and garden vegetables of America Photos uploaded from Flickr by FĂŚ using a script | ||||
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