THE CLIMBING VEGETABLE MARROW.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 1, 19 August 1914, Page 7

THE CLIMBING VEGETABLE MARROW.

[To The Editor Sthatfobd Post.] Sir, —Ever ou the "qui vive" for plants that will prove useful and proiitablo for our people, and the country generally, I have succeeded in procuring the above novel and proline vegetable, Juui it can be more easily cultivated over a wider range of country than the famous "Guada Bean," which, although a tropical plant, has now been grown successfully throughout most of the Commonwealth, and ill several districts has obtained the almost incredible height of sft Gin. The climbing vegetable marrow is a rapid grower, the vines reaching the length of 10ft to 13ft. and they should be trained on a fence or trellis. Within a few mouths from the time of planting the vegetables hang down to the enormous length of 4ft. to sft. and present a pleasant and surprising spectacle. When young they provide an excellent dish, and may be cooked iu various ways. The flavor is c;:. cih.it and no peeling is required as the rind is very tender. The color is green, changing to yellow ,v.';e:: fully ripe. It is a handy vegetauo for town dwellers, as it can be conveniently cultivated in a .small area of land, or the back yard, and will not occupy or interfere with the ground generally used for gardening. —I am, etc.,

B. HARRISON, F.R.H.S., Burringbar, P. 0., N.S. VA-