half in diameter, and often more or less curved,
particularly when the end is in contact with the ground.

It is later than the White or Purple varieties, and nearly of the season
of the Scarlet-fruited. To obtain the fruit in full perfection, the
plants must be started in a hot-bed.

GUADALOUPE STRIPED. _Vil._

Fruit nearly ovoid, smaller than the Round or Long Purple; skin white,
streaked and variegated with red.

LONG PURPLE. _Trans._

The plants of this variety are of the height of the Round Purple, but
are subject to some variation in the color of the branches and in the
production of spines; flowers large, purple, with a spiny calyx; the
fruit is oblong, somewhat club-shaped, six or eight inches in length,
sometimes straight, but often slightly bent; at maturity, the skin is
generally deep-purple, but the color varies much more than the Large
Round; it is sometimes pale-purple, slightly striped, sometimes
variegated with longitudinal, yellowish stripes, and always more deeply
colored on the exposed side.

It is early, of easy culture, hardy and productive, excellent for the
table, thrives well in almost any section of the Northern States, and,
if started in a hot-bed, would perfect its fruit in the Canadas.

NEW-YORK IMPROVED.

A sub-variety of the Large Round, producing the same number of fruits,
which are generally of a deeper color, and average of larger size. The
leaves are often spiny; and, if the variety is genuine, the plants will
be readily distinguished from those of the last named by their more
dense or compact habit of growth.

It is, however, comparatively late, and better suited to the climate of
the Middle States than to that of New England; though it is successfully
cultivated in the vicinity of Boston, Mass., by starting the plants in a
hot-bed, and setting them in a warm and sheltered situation.

ROUND PURPLE. _Trans._

Large Round Purple.

Plant from two to three feet high, branching, generally tinged with
purple, producing two and sometimes three fruits; the leaves are large,
downy, oblong, lobed on the borders, with scattered spines on the
midribs; flowers large, pale-purple,--the flower-stem and calyx invested
with purple spines; the fruit is obovate, four or five inches in
diameter, six or seven inches deep, slightly indented at the apex, and
of a fine deep-purple when well matured,--specimens sometimes occur
slightly striped or rayed with yellowish-green.

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