IVY HILL FARM
Big Prairie, Ohio


some common names of hardshell gourds
*sizes are relative, but there is much variation
**gourds grown on the ground tend to have curved handles
**gourds grown on a trellis have straight handles
1. club, cave man's club, Hercules' club 9. warted hardshell 16. maranka, dolphin, cave man's club
2. basketball 10. zucca 17. long handled dipper, ball and chain, baton
3. kettle, Mexican bottle, birdhouse 11. Hercules' club, calabash, sugartrough 18. tobacco box, canteen, sugar bowl
4. miniature bottle 12. siphon, Japanese bottle, penguin 19. short handled dipper
5. straight-neck bottle 13. bushel basket 20. penguin, powder horn
6. bottle, dumbbell, Chinese bottle 14. lump-in-the-neck, goose 21. baton, snake, longissima
7. retort, siphon 15. cannonball, softball 22. banana
8. Indonesian bottle, Costa Rican bottle



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