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of medium to large size with the cream-colored surface not warty 

 and the tiesh about an inch thick. This is shown in the upper 

 row of the lower half of Plate XXII. 



2. This is the same cross as No. i and the fruit is in all re- 

 spects similar to it except that it is warty. 



3. A straight cross of "Scallop" upon "Crookneck" (6/5), 

 after five years of selection produces a small to medium, warted 

 "jug" fruit ; the surface is cream-colored with green stripes. 



4. A straight cross of "Scallop" upon "Crookneck" (6/5), 

 after five years of selection, yields a large, warted "jug," cream- 

 colored fruit with medium thick flesh. 



5. A composite cross of "Scallop" and "Crookneck" (6/5//- 

 5/6), after five years of selection, gives a short neck, medium- 

 sized "jug" fruit, slightly fiuted; the green-striped surface is 

 not warty. This is shown in the middle row of the lower half 

 of Plate XXII. 



6. A composite cross of "Scallop" and "Crookneck" (6//5/6), 

 after five years of selection, gives a nearly spherical fruit about 

 five inches in diameter, the cream-colored surface is not warty 

 and the flesh is very thick. This is shown in the bottom row of 

 the lower half of P'late XXII. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH WINTER SQUASHES. 



Until the present season the work with winter sqivashes was 

 practically along the same lines as with the summer squashes, 

 except that special emphasis was given to the thickness of flesh 

 and the keeping quality of the fruit. 



The work this season consisted chiefly in the study of selection 

 and of blends in relation to their parents from both the scienti- 

 fic and commercial points of view. As the aim was to acquire a 

 knowledge of distinct unit characters and of their relation to 

 each other, biometric records had been kept for each blend and 

 for each of its parents through the entire life cycle. Following 

 is a biometric list and summary of the blends which for con- 

 venience, includes also the blends of summer squashes. 



