Guinea Squash (1838)

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   DARE has Rutledge's CAROLINA HOUSEWIFE (1847) for "guinea squash," defined as "an eggplant" and from "chiefly SC."


(AMERICAN PERIODICAL SERIES)
 Southern Agriculturist, Horticulturist, and Register of Rural Affairs (1841-1846), Charleston; Jun 1841, Iss. 6
  HORTICULTURE.; VEGETABLE GARDEN.; pg. 309, 1 pgs

Southern Agriculturist, Horticulturist, and Register of Rural Affairs (1841-1846), Charleston; Apr 1841, Iss. 4
  CULTURE OF BEGONIAS.; Flor Cabinet; pg. 223, 2 pgs

Southern Agriculturist, Horticulturist, and Register of Rural Affairs (1841-1846), Charleston; Mar 1841, Iss. 3
  GARDENER'S CALENDAR FOR MARCH.; VEGETABLE GARDEN.; pg. 168, 1 pgs

Southern Cabinet of Agriculture, Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy (1840-1840), Charleston; Jul 1840; Vol. 1, Iss. 7
  MEETING OF HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.; REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PLANTS AND FLOWERS.; pg. 411, 5 pgs

Southern Agriculturist and Register of Rural Affairs (1828-1839), Charleston; Sep 1839; Vol. 12, Iss. 9
  Proceedings of the Horticultural Society.; Mr. Paul Remley's mode of producing fine sound Peaches, from trees previously unproductive.; PAUL REMLEY; pg. 469, 6 pgs

Southern Agriculturist and Register of Rural Affairs (1828-1839), Charleston; Jan 1839; Vol. 12, Iss. 1
  Report of the Committee on Fruits and Vegetables.; JOS JOHNSON; pg. 15, 2 pgs

Southern Agriculturist and Register of Rural Affairs (1828-1839), Charleston; Apr 1838; Vol. 11, Iss. 4
  Calendar of Horticulture, &c.; FOR APRIL.; pg. 223, 2 pgs
(Pg. 224:  "_Guinea Squashes_.--Transplant these, if not done already, into beds prepared for them.  The ground should be made very wet and fine, and the plants should be set out in rows 4 feet apart, and 2 feet in a row.")