2 54 NEW JERSEY STATE AGRICULTURAL 



BLENDS OF SUMMER SQUASHES. 



The blends grown this year are of three classes : ( i ) Those 

 between distinct summer varieties, (2) those between summer 

 squashes and a winter squash belonging to the same species 

 {Cucurhita Pcpo), (3) those between summer squashes and 

 pumpkins. While none of these blends are expected to breed 

 true, they afford abundance of material for new promising 

 squashes. Only class i falls properly among summer squashes; 

 and while classes 2 and 3 set fruit almost at the same time as the 

 summer squashes, their season of growth is so long that they are 

 treated among the winter varieties. 



Only a general description of the blends of class i is given 

 below. A study of these in relation to their parents is com- 

 bined with all the other blends of summer and winter squashes 

 and treated together. (See Biometric List of Blends, page 261 ). 



"Golden Bush-Bush Fordhook" (9/51). This cross between 

 an orange scallop and a cream, oval-shaped fruit gave a progeny 

 of several different types, showing the blending of parental forms 

 in different degrees approaching one or the other parent ; among 

 these we find attractive, smooth, bell-shaped fruits fluted at the 

 base (Plate XXI). All the fruits are smooth and the color is 

 generally cream though a few are slightly yellow. The female 

 parent, "Bush Fordhook," is ranked for its quality and thickness 

 of flesh among the best summer squashes but it appears much 

 later than the early sorts. This strain crossed with an early 

 variety produced fruits that are thick in flesh, good quality and 

 earlier than "Bush Fordhook." 



"Bush Fordhook-Strickler's Summer" (51/11). This cross 

 between a cream, oval-shaped, smooth fruit and an orange, 

 warty crookneck gave several different types showing one or the 

 other parent in different degrees (Plate XXI). Among these 

 we find fruits of "Fordhook" type which are much larger than 

 the parent and just as smooth. The flesh is thick like the "Ford- 

 hook" and the fruits develop much earlier than that parent. 

 While the colors range from cream to orange, many are striped. 



"Mammoth White Scallop-Bush Fordhook" (10/51). It is 

 interesting to notice that, while both parents are smooth, many 

 in the progeny are warted. The range of new type, showing 

 the blending of both parents, extends to either parent (Plate 

 XXI). The flesh is not as thick as the "Fordhook" but fruits 

 are set much earlier. The colors range from cream to yellow. 



"Michigan-Maiumoth White Scallop" (53/10). Here we have 

 a combination between a superior quality squash and the ordi- 



