Monday, January 23, 2017

Dividing Gourds into Categories and Groups

It seems all periodic tables are divided into some kind of arrangement, depending on the topic being 'periodic tabled'. The American Gourd Society has a lot of information about gourds of course, and the charts of gourd types is helpful as a visual start.

The charts divide the hard shelled gourds into 3 groups: long gourds, kettle/bottle gourds, and small/other gourds.  However, by looking at the shape, it would seem some gourds should be on a different chart. It is unclear why the Mexican bottle, Hyakunari, and Sennari are not with the kettle/bottle gourds. Perhaps the bushel and canteen gourds belong with the small/other gourds?  Bushel gourds are known for NOT being small, so why on the small/other chart?

Back to the basics, before these were put into groups, what are the categories of gourds overall?



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