EXPEKIAIE^T STATiOX UEPOKT. 2S0 



Among the bush crossei- the ''Golden Bush" upon "Cocozelle" 

 (9/52) orange upon green gave six orange, nine striped (orange 

 and green) and two green. Another row of the same cross with 

 different mother fruit yielded seven orange, nine stripe^l and eight 

 green. 



The ''Manuuoth White Scallop" upon "Bush Fordhook" 

 (10/51), a white upon a pale salmon, gave forty-two lemon and 

 fourteen cream and a second row from a different mother fruit 

 yielded seven lemon and thirty-six cream. 



The "Strickler" ujxm "Michigan" (11/53), orange upon green, 

 lUTKluced sixteen orange and eight green. 



Much difficulty is experienced in classifying squashes that have 

 green in them because of this color disappearing more or lass with 

 age. Thus a fruit having only green when full sized may become 

 stripped or those stripes may fade out and the basal orange or cream 

 occupy the whole surface. The green colored fruit may show a 

 yellow or orange only when the fruit rests upon the ground. There 

 are instances quite the opjxjsite to this when the remaining green, 

 portion is the under side when light is excluded, and such have 

 been seen to lose the green when the shaded ])art is given full ex- 

 posure to the light. 



COXCERXIXO Tin: SIIELT. IX SQUASHES. 



Many kinds of squashes as the fruits mature have a hard coat 

 formed between the skin and the flesh l>eneath. In some members 

 of the squash family the wall of the ovary is chiefly transformed 

 into this hard layer, as instanced in the multiform gourds, many 

 of which for this reason are fashioned into various utensils. 



When squashes having the power to produce a shell are crossed 

 with those lacking in this peculiarity, the offspring vary greatly 

 in shell production. Thus when the "Early Bush" (8) — a small 

 'lat scallop, white shell — is bred with the "Field Pumpkin" (46) 

 — a large, oval, yellow vine variety without a shell — the results 

 are variable as regards the shell as shown below: 



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