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variety was slightly long. This selected fruit gave this season 

 a uniform progeny of attractive cream-colored, slender fruits 

 about seven inches long with a small seed cavity. They are val- 

 uable for their excellent quality as well as their appearance. 



SOME STRIKING COMBINATIONS AMONG WINTER SQUASHES. 



"Fordlwok-English Vegetable Marrozv" (38/36). When a 

 small fruit is bred upon a large fruit, we frequently obtain larger 

 fruits than those of either parent, particularly when the two par- 

 ents are far apart. But, in such instances, it is always expected 

 that the number of fruits would be less than in the small-fruited 

 parent. In this combination, however, we have an instance 

 where we not only get larger fruits but more in number, for the 

 habit of this blend was to form a main thick stem about a foot 

 long, with several branches in different directions and which 

 gave about seven large fruits to the plant. The male parent is 

 about two weeks later than the female parent and this tendency 

 manifested itself in the progeny ; though the plants produced 

 female flowers at the time with the early parent, they failed to 

 develop for nearly two weeks. The fruits resembled the female 

 parent in shape. All uniform (Plate XXIII). 



"Fordhook-Delicata' (38/32). This is a union between two 

 distinct but equally fine varieties. The object of the cross was to 

 obtain the "Fordhook" blood, which is very late, in a combina- 

 tion with a very early winter squash. This was accomplished, 

 and more, it gave the attractive form of the male parent in a 

 much larger size. The plants produced about five fruits each and 

 of good quality. (Plate XXIII). 



"DiDilap's Marrow-Delicious" (25/3). This cross represents 

 a combination of a "Marrow" with a true winter squash, a fair 

 with a very superior quality squash. The result of this union 

 is an attractive, large, oval fruit of a solid orange color. 



"Cocoanitt-Delicafa" (19/32). (Reciprocal crosses). The 

 only practical difference between the parents is in their shape, 

 one being oval and pointed and the other nearly round. While 

 the forms slightly blended, it was apparent that in both instances 

 the female dominated. The 32/19 has a more attractive fruit 

 than its reciprocal. As tested, the quality of both crosses is su- 

 perior. There were about six fruits per plant. (Plate XXIII). 



"Canada Crookiieck-Hiibbard" (27/1). This is a hybrid be- 

 tween C. Moschata and C. uiaxima. The shape of the former 

 is a curved neck "bottle," which crossed with the "Hubbard" 

 type produced a new form of fruit that strongly suggests that 



