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Vegetable Marrow

The vegetable marrow appears to be merely a variety of the pumpkin. It was brought into Europe from Persia, and is now much cultivated in Britain. It is a hardy plant, and its fruit is of excellent quality, and useful for culinary purposes at almost every stage of its growth. The best known sort is, when fully grown, elliptic in shape, very smooth, and generally about nine inches long and four inches in diameter. There are, however, several other varieties, of different shapes and sizes.