A vegetable marrow.
1683. The artificial produce of the country is wheat, barley, oasts, rye, peas, beans, squashes, pumkins, etc. Letter of William Penn, 16th. of 8th. mo.—Watson ‘Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania,’ i. p. 46 (1870).
1705. Vetches, Squashes, Maycocks, Maracocks, Melons, &c.—Beverley, ‘Virginia,’ ii. 17.
1705. Squash, or Squanter-Squash, is the name [of Macocks] among the Northern Indians, and so they are call’d in New-York and New-England.—Id., ii. 27.
1775. The shield shaped squash from the north added to this, it would prove a beneficial addition.—B. Romans, ‘Florida,’ p. 131.
1792. The only objects of it [Indian cultivation] were corn, beans, pumpkins and squashes, which were planted by their women, with the aid of no instruments but stones and clam-shells; and no manure but fish.—Jeremy Belknap, ‘New Hampshire,’ iii. 93.
1806. A squash was produced in Hallowell, this season, which measured five feet and five inches in circumference.—Mass. Spy, Oct. 29. [Similar item, Nov. 4, 1807.]
1817. The Maha’s seem very friendly to the whites, and cultivate corn, beans, melons, squashes, and a small species of tobacco (Nicotiana rustica.)—John Bradbury, ‘Travels,’ p. 69.
1818. A Squash was raised in Hallowell, weighing 54 lbs…. A Squash has been raised in Newburyport, weighing 77 lbs…. A Squash weighing 77 lbs. is advertised to be seen in New York.—Mass. Spy, Oct. 14.
1821. Mammoth Squash. Raised in the garden of Capt. Jonathan Nelson,—a squash weighing 103 lbs., and measuring six feet one inch in circumference.—Id., Oct. 21.
