SC - Garden catalogues/period veggies

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Ras wrote:
>In a message dated 3/1/00 9:30:39 PM Eastern Standard Time,
>lilinah at earthlink.net writes:
>  > I think the butternut squash makes the most sense, but maybe
>  > there's something
>  >  I haven't come across.  Has anyone else looked into this?
>
>The plant in the picture you are referring to looks more like a Bird House
>Gourd to me which is not a Cucurbita. If you are looking specifically for
>members of that family, you will only find melons and cucumbers in the old
>world. Gourds are not members of the Cucurbita family.

Errr, this isn't a quote from me... It was in something i forwarded, 
written by someone named Raisya from an old HerbaList message.

Butternut squash doesn't make any sense to me :-) It's New World.

Anahita al-shazhiyya
who likes to make her own mistakes
and not be credited with those of others...