Archive image from page 53 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 50 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. Pumpkin, Sugar or New England Pie PUMPKIN California Field 85 da3'S. Largely used for stock feeding. Fruits very large, some- what variable in form and color. Green Striped Cushaw 75 days. For stock feeding. Fruits large, commonly become 18—20 in. long and weigh 12 lbs.; soHd thick crookneck and round blossom end; smooth, white with green stripes and veining; shell thin; flesh thick, coarse, cream colored. Large Yellow or Connecticut Fiel
Archive image from page 53 of Descriptive vegetable list (1946). Descriptive vegetable list . descriptiveveget1946ferr Year: 1946 50 FERRY-MORSE SEED CO. Pumpkin, Sugar or New England Pie PUMPKIN California Field 85 da3'S. Largely used for stock feeding. Fruits very large, some- what variable in form and color. Green Striped Cushaw 75 days. For stock feeding. Fruits large, commonly become 18—20 in. long and weigh 12 lbs.; soHd thick crookneck and round blossom end; smooth, white with green stripes and veining; shell thin; flesh thick, coarse, cream colored. Large Yellow or Connecticut Field 70 days. Standard field pumpkin for pies, canning, and stock feed. Fruits very large, commonly 10 in. long, 12 in. diameter and weigh 20 lbs., sometimes much larger; skin smooth, deep orange- yellow; shell thin, hard; flesh thick, coarse, sweet and deep yellow. Mammoth King 83 days. Productive and of high feeding value; sometimes used by canners; rather generally grown for stock feed. Fruits enormous, nearly spherical, commonly 20 in. through and weigh 60 lbs.; sometimes much larger; skin reddish-yellow; flesh thick, bright yellow, firm, rather coarse. Morse's Marrow 80 days. Immense cropper. Fruits large; round, flattened; skin brilliant vermilion-orange; flesh very thick and firm, bright orange-yellow. Pie or Winter Luxury 75 days. Popular home and market garden sort; in season with Sugar or New England Pie. Fruits almost globular, com- monly 7—8 in. long and 8—9 in. diameter and weigh 8 lbs.; skin Ught orange; not furrowed but with a netted, russety appear- ance; rind thin and easily cut; flesh very thick, yellow, firm and of splendid quahty. Sugar or New England Pie 75 days. Earliest and best for pies; grown in home and market gardens and for shipping. Fruits commonly 6 in. long and 8—9 in. diameter; flattened; furrowed; skin smooth, rich reddish- orange; rind hard; flesh thick, orange-yellow, of unexcelled quality. Sweet Cheese or Kentucky Field 80 days. Standard
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