484 NEW JEESEY AGEICULTUEAL COLLEGE 



occupied a mw across a plot and consisted of five bills, nearly six; 

 feet apart in the row. Those npon the New Land consisted of foirr 

 hills each, similarly arranged, and included all the crosses from 

 K' to X, letters being found less confusing than figures for stake 

 marks and headings for notes in the record book : 



A. "Hvhbard-Boston Marroiv" (1/2)- The seeds used were 

 from a striped orange and gi-een fruit. The vines were vigorous,, 

 but showed some variation in this respect. Upon September 25th,. 

 the harvest showed fifteen marketable fruits, three of which woidd 

 pass as true ''Hubbard" squashes ; eight were pea green, striped, 

 large, and one bright orange. Two upon one plant were of a 

 salmon color and are shown at 1 in Plate XIX. These agree in 

 shape with the "Hubbard" type and may become the starting point 

 of an attractive and superior strain of winter squashes. The pair 

 shown at 3 were taken, along with one other fruit, from the same 

 plant, and indicate that crosses between distinct varieties may be 

 prolific. 



B. "Hvhhard - Boston Marrow - Delicious - Golden Hubbard'' 

 (1/2//3/4). In this combination of four varieties of standarcf 

 squashes, the first two have much larger seeds than the others and' 

 in the cross the fruits bear the two sizes of seeds. Therefore, in 

 the present instance, the planting was with the smaller seeds. The 

 five hills produced a very vigorous set of plants that bore a remark- 

 ably variable lot of twenty-three fruits — some of them of great 

 length and of a bright orange color, and others of a pale green and 

 a few mottled. The disadvantage of combining four "bloods" is 

 apparent, and the feeling of abandoning the medley is uppermost. 

 If onie seieks for varied types of winter squashes, he may well' 

 grow this combination, but to get a fixed type out of it looks hope- 

 less. Five fruits are shown in the lower row of Plate XX. 



C. "Delicious-Hubbard" (3/1). This cross produced a fine,, 

 even set of plants, bearing twenty-one marketable fruits, all green, 

 but varying in the markings and general shape. The middle view 

 in Plate XIX. shows a surface view of four of the fruits of the 

 cross and a fifth in section. The "Hubbard" is more in evidence- 

 in the shape than the "Delicious," but in the specimen, at 6, is one 

 quite like the "Delicious," both in shape and the flecks of lighter 

 color, that are quite attractive. This same indication of the cross 

 is seen in many of the fi-uits, as at 4, that are otherwise closely of 

 the "Hubbard" type. From such as these the cross will be con- 

 tinued. 



.D. "Delicious-Golden Hubbard" (3/4). The plants were de- 



