EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT 



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No. 65. "Zucctiini:' This is a gourd of immense size, three to 

 four feet long, shghtly bent or much curved, and of 

 grayish colpr. 



GENERAL OBSERVATIONS ON SUMMER SQUASHES. 



1. Poor soil has no effect upon shape, color and smoothness 

 or wartiness of fruit; it, however, reduces considerably the size 

 of plant, leaf, flower and fruit ; the flowering stage begins much 

 later. 



2. In crosses, flowers fertilize within the plant quite readily. 



3. The number of fruits per plant depends considerably (vary- 

 ing from one to four or five) upon the number of plants in the 

 hill. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PEAS. 



In this, the third year of the experiments with peas, the work 

 lias been in particular tlie study of the blend plants in their various 

 characteristics as compared with the parental varieties. 



The following is a list of the commercial sorts employed and 

 the record number of each : 



