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The following additional bush squashes were grown the 

 present season : 



No. 8. ''E^rly Bush Squash." This is cream-white scallop 

 squash, with fruits quite deep in cross-section, and more or less 

 ribbed. 



No. 9. "Golden Bush." This is a squash of the scallop type, 

 quite flat, of a solid deep orange color, and very smooth on top 

 and bottom. 



No. 10. "]\Iammoth White Scallop" is well named, being 

 quite like No. 9, excepting in color, which is a cream white. 



No. II. "Strickler's Summer" is an orange-colored squash 

 of the ''Crookneck" type, but \\*ith the neck but little curved. It 

 is well supplied with warts. 



No. 12. "Silver Custard." This is a handsome cream-white 

 squash, somewhat ribbed, and flat upon the bottom side and 

 deeply oval above the scalloped rim. 



No. 13. "Giant Summer" has a long orange fruit, shaped 

 like an Indian club,- with but few warts, arranged somewhat in 

 rows. 



Seeds of Crossed Squashes. 



As before stated, a double cross was secured this season be- 

 tween the cross of "Hubbard" (i) upon "Boston ]\Iarrow" (2) 

 as the male parent and "Delicious" (3) upon "Golden Hubbard" 

 (4) as the female, a cross represented by the compound fraction 

 1-2—3-4- 



The seeds of the "Hubbard" are large, oval and white, the 

 surface resembling that of a white kid glove. And the same is 

 true of the "Boston ^Marrow" seeds, excepting that they are more 

 elongated and somewhat thicker. The "Delicious" has a seed 

 quite like the "Hubbard" in color and texture, but very much 

 smaller, while "Golden Hubbard" bears the same relations to 

 the "Boston jMarrow." 



The double cross of these four varieties has seeds that are 

 perhaps nearer the "Delicious" than any other, but smaller and 

 much more "boat-shaped." Instead of being flat, like all of the 

 parents, the seeds in question are decidedly oval. It is note- 

 worthy that the seeds of the cross do not combine the sizes of the 

 parents, but are a deal smaller than the smallest of their ancestors. 



