See also:

• VEGETABLE

VEGETABLE MARROW  , Cucurbita See also:

• PEPE, GUGLIELMO (1783-1855)

Pepe, See also:

• VAR

var. ovifera, the most important of the gourds (q.v.), used as an escuient, furnishing in See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good seasons a very large See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply for the table.' They are best when eaten quite See also:

• YOUNG
• YOUNG, A
• YOUNG, ARTHUR (1741-1820)
• YOUNG, BRIGHAM (1801-1877)
• YOUNG, CHARLES MAYNE (1777–1856)
• YOUNG, EDWARD (1683–1765)
• YOUNG, JAMES (1811-1883)
• YOUNG, THOMAS (1773-1829)

young and not over-boiled, the flesh being then See also:

• TENDER

tender, and the flavour sweet and nutty . The Custard Marrow, or See also:

• CROWN

crown See also:

• GOURD

gourd, bears a See also:

• PECULIAR

peculiar-looking flattened See also:

• FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit with scalloped edges, which has a sweeter and less nutty flavour than the true marrow . A very distinct See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form known as See also:

• PEN (Lat. penna, a feather, pen)

Pen-y-Byd has a delicate creamy See also:

• WHITE
• WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
• WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
• WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
• WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
• WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
• WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
• WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
• WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
• WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
• WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
• WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
• WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)

white nearly globular fruit, with a See also:

• FIRM

firm flesh . ' The See also:

• BUSH

bush marrows are more bushy in See also:

• HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit and taller and more sturdy in growth . See also:

• VEGETABLE

Vegetable marrows require a warm' situation and a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• SOIL

soil See also:

• FREE

free from stagnant moisture . They do well on a rubbish or old-dung heap, or in a warm border on little hillocks made up with any fermenting material, to give them a slight warmth at starting . The seeds should be sown in a warm See also:

• PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit in See also:

• APRIL

April, and forwarded under See also:

• GLASS
• GLASS (O.E. glees, cf. Ger. Glas, perhaps derived from an old Teutonic root gla-, a variant of glo-, having the general sense of shining, cf. " glare," " glow ")
• GLASS, STAINED

glass, but in a very mild See also:

• HEAT (0. E. haktu, which like " hot," Old Eng. hat, is from the Teutonic type haita, hit, to be hot; cf. Ger. hitze, heiss; Dutch, hitte, heet, &c.)

heat ; the See also:

• PLANTS

plants must be shifted into larger pots, and be gradually hardened previous to being planted out, when the mild See also:

• WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather sets in in May or See also:

• JUNE

June . The use of See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand-glasses makes it possible to transplant earlier than would otherwise be advisable . The seeds may he sown See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early in May in pots under a hand-glass, or towards the end of May in the open ground, if heat is not at command . The true vegetable marrow bears fruit of an oblong-elliptical shape, about 9 in. See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long, See also:

• PALE (through Fr. pal, from Lat. palms, a stake, for paglus, from the stem pag- of pangere, to fix; " pole " is from the same original source)

pale-greenish while young, with whitish flesh, and scarcely any indication of ribs; when mature it is of a pale yellow See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour . There is a variety which is more oblong, grows to '15 or 18 in., and has the See also:

• SURFACE

surface slightly marked by irregular See also:

• LONGITUDINAL

longitudinal obtuse ribs.' The shoots may be allowed to ruti along the surface of the ground, or they may be trained against a See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall-or paling, or on trellises . As the gourds See also:

• CROSS

cross readily, care is necessary to keep any particular variety true .