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EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT. 483 



Groovers' Notes npon Station Snmnier Squash No. 1. 



Packets of seeds of a cross of "^Crookneek" upon "Scallop" wore 

 distributed to eighty-two persons requesting tliem, and below are 

 .some of the remarks received from those making the test : "Sum- 

 mer squash is a vigorous grower and the fruit of uniform and 

 medium size." "Plants all very heialthy." "Quality good ; 

 planted May 3d, fruited June 26th, and bore well up to Augaist. 

 10th." "A rank grower and very productive; extra early." 

 ^'Satisfactorily productive." "Quality very good ; plants vigor- 

 ous and spreading; planted April SOth (indoors) and trans- 

 planted May I7th; first squash ripened July 20th." '"Plants grev.- 

 well and yielded well." "I cannot speak too highly of the 'Station 

 .Summer Squash;' in size, the longest I have ever grown; vigor 

 and productiveness exceeded all expectations ; shape, with one or 

 two exeej^tions, perfect ; color, white ; uniformity and quality 

 of fruit left nothing to be desired ; it is the quickest grower I have 

 ever seen." "Was a heavy bearer and good size, and very fine 

 for pies ; the bugs did not bother this plant, while they nearly de- 

 ■stroyed the other kinds." "Quality of all used thus far has been 

 good." "The squashes are doing very well." "One hill of the row 

 seeded with seed received from you produced a large broiize-striped 

 squash, of somewhat the pineapple shape; these I found ideal and 

 have left to nuiture for seed ; I think it is established as a variety, 

 as all on the hill were always alike." "Squash was extra fine." 

 "Vigorous growers and veiy productive; quality good." "Plants 

 were very thrifty and productive." "The summer squash grew 

 quickly ; was and still is very vigorous, and productive of fair- 

 sized fruit, which keeps tender longer than the common scallop 

 kind." *'Tliey are all fine eating squashes and are very produc- 

 tive, having four to five on a vine." 



EXPERIMENTS ^^ITH "WINTER SQUASHES. 



Limited space prohibited the planting, with the exception of the 

 ■^'Japanese," of other than crosses among the vine squashes. The 

 list that follows is arranged according to the numerator of the 

 record fraction used in the field notes, beginning with one (1/2) 

 find ending with 30 (30/2). Each row in the Garden proper 



