Note 11 — WHAT TO GROW. (continued 2)

While both of the varieties named are excellent for pumpkin pies, a new variety from Washington County, New York, is of superlatively fine quality. It is known as The Quaker Pie Pumpkin, as it had been kept for many years in a family of “Quakers,” or Friends, whose pumpkin pies became famous throughout the neighborhood.

The Saint George or Old Negro pumpkin of New England is also a great favorite, from the choice quality of its fine-grained flesh.—Ed.