Keywords: The field and garden vegetables of America (Page 209) (6002095285).jpg THE SQUASH 209 <br> of the same size and form The principal distinction between <br> the varieties consists in the difference of color <br> By some the white variety is considered a little inferior in <br> fineness of texture and in flavor to the yellow ; though the <br> white is much the more abundant in the markets Both of <br> the varieties are hardy and productive ; and there is but little <br> difference in the season of their maturity <br> In the month of June large quantities are shipped from <br> the Southern and Middle States to the North and East where <br> they anticipate from two to three weeks the products of the <br> home-market gardens ; the facilities afforded by steam trans- <br> portation rendering nearly profitless the efforts of gardeners <br> to obtain an early crop As the variety keeps well and <br> suffers little from transportation the squashes are generally <br> found fresh and in good order on their arrival <br> Early Yellow Bush Scolloped <br> Cymbling Pattypan Yellow Summer Scollop <br> Plant dwarf of rather erect habit and about two feet and <br> a half in height ; leaves large clear-green ; fruit somewhat <br> of a hemispherical form expanded at the <br> edge which is deeply and very regularly <br> scolloped When suitable for use it <br> measures about five inches in diameter <br> and three inches in depth ; but when fully <br> matured the diameter is often ten or <br> twelve inches and even upwards Color – – fr YeUow Bash 8coUo P ed - <br> yellow ; skin while young thin and easily pierced ” at ma- <br> turity hard and shell-like ; flesh pale-yellow tolerably fine- <br> grained and well flavored ” not however quite so dry and <br> sweet as that of the Summer Crookneck ; seeds broader in <br> proportion to their length than the seeds of most varieties <br> and of comparatively small size Four hundred and twenty- <br> five weigh an ounce <br> 27 29062547 92326 42073 Page 209 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062547 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 29062547 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/29062547 united states Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2011-08-02 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/6002095285 2015-09-10 20 51 12 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 The field and garden vegetables of America Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script |