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Second Crop of Sumxner Squashes. 



^lany fruits wore obtained among the crossed squashes by phyto- 

 fertilization — that is, within the same phmt — and seeds from these 

 were phmted in July and early August as a test of the vigor of plants 

 thus produced, and to determine something of the range of variation 

 in such sets of plants of identical parentage. A few of the resulting 

 fruits grew to marketable size, but the majority were small, and the 

 shape at maturity is somewhat a matter of inference. 



There were eight rows, of four hills each, that gave the following 

 results : 



Number of 

 Sizable 



Row. Color and Shape. Fruits. Remarks. 



1. . .Cream, scallop - Very nearly true to parent. 



2... Cream, '"jug'' 3 " " " " 



:i. . .Striped, dark and light green. . . 2 " " " " " 



4. . .White, scallop 1 " " " " '' 



.5. . .Cream, "jug" 3 " " "" " " 



«■). . .Pink, warty "jug"' -5 Quite variable. 



7. . .Deep scallop 4 Very nearly true to parent. 



8. . .Yellow, rectangular 3 " " *' " " 



There seems to be hope of fixing the desired types through fertiliza- 

 tion within the plant. 



Types of Snmmer Squashes. 



During the present season the two plots filled with crosses of sum- 

 mer squashes gave an opportunity to formulate a preliminary classi- 

 fication of this group of vegetables. It is founded entirely upon the 

 shape and surface characters of the fruits, and therefore each type 

 may be further subdivided upon the basis of color or other qualities. 



The classification assumes that the flat, smooth, unscalloped fruit 

 is the simplest general type of squash, and the long, warty and fluted 

 one the most complex. 



