A Study of Pumpkins.
The pumpkin in of tropical origin, and flourishes besb in sunshine, aa is shown by by the finest specimens growing around the Xea of the held. When planted alone on rich soil, to which a little phosphate has hnen added, enormous crops may be obtained A curious fact in its life history is the presence of its now useless tendrils, ovfng that in its native haunts the numpkin vine was more aspiring in* Sly of the pumpkins grown are not of this variety, being either worthless erodes wibh Bq"a/hos, which have hbtle or no food !,," and are dangerous for stock on acf «f rheir horny rinds, or the variety S shiny bSghtorunge-coloured skins. MS a flavour to tho milk, are thought to Kress it, colour, and to incrcaso the flow ThS c * a long standing-prejudice again "b en confound^ with watermelon seeds in their effect, which is diuretic. Ihe Latter haa nob been sufficiently »va.U. gated i
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Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 94, 22 April 1893, Page 12
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161A Study of Pumpkins. Auckland Star, Volume XXIV, Issue 94, 22 April 1893, Page 12
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