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characteristics or pronounce upon the keeping qualities of tlie crosses. 

 All the fruits that thus far have been tested were of superior quality 

 for table use. The somewhat striped pea green and cream orange 

 surface of the cross is particularly attractive, and, judging from the 

 yield under the very trying circumstances of the past season, it is to 

 be expected that this "Hubbard-Marrow" will prove of value. Con- 

 siderable seed has been saved for testing among the truck-growers of 

 the fState. 



The cross between the "Delicious" and "Golden Hubbard" is 

 shown in a row of five fruits upon the middle shelf in Plate XII. 

 The male parent is shown at the left, marked "3," and the mother 

 to the right, marked "4." This last is quite under size. The "De- 

 licious" is a solid olive or "bronze" green, somewhat like the "Hub- 

 bard," but without any neck at the stem end, and therefore more 

 nearly round and usually somewhat smaller than the last named. 

 The "Golden Hu]:)bard" is fairly well described in the name, and is a 

 variety bearing a medium-sized and long cream orange fruit. It 

 is seen that the crosses produced fruits that resembled the mother 

 in length, some of them being quite long, and varied in color from a 

 solid olive green, like the "Delicious," to a cream orange, like the 

 "Golden Hubbard," while some were a striped mixture of the two. 

 Here, again, it is too soon to describe the table and other qualities of 

 these crosses. 



The lower row of fruits in Plate XII. are all from plants that 

 resulted from a combination of four of the above-mentioned varieties, 

 and they show quite a range of variation. It is impossible to con- 

 clude, with so few specimens, what may come of this doul^le cross. 



All of the three sets were pollinated within the cross, so that the 

 same crosses may be continued for further study. 



The crosses among winter squashes gave vines in vigor, barring the 

 severe experience they had with the ])eetles and extreme drought 

 in the early part of the season. After the rains came, in August, the 

 surviving squash vines took on. renewed life and made many fruits, 

 only a small proportion of which came to maturity. 



The "Hubbard-Boston Marrow," of which there were twelve hills, 

 suffered much more than the summer squashes from the beetles. Any 

 plant that chanced to be unprotected by the fine mosquito netting 

 had upwards of a hundred of the pests upon it and was quickly 

 destroyed. In addition to the insects and bad weather, these vines 



