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were badly attacked by tbe grub at the base of the stem and many 

 were destroyed by it. The sole survivor of four hills, separated far 

 from all the others, became a remarkably strong plant and yielded 

 six large fruits. They show the mixture of the two parents in form 

 and coloration of the fruits. They were quite uniformly of the 

 shape shown at "V2/" i^i Plate XII., while the surface showed large 

 blotches of a pale orange upon a background of pale, almost pea, 

 green. Some of tlie orange blotches almost reach the length of the 

 fruit and give the impression of long, irregular stripes. Both par- 

 ents have affected the cross, and in no part of the surface is the 

 original green of the "Hubbard'' or orange of the "Boston Marrow'' 

 TO be found. 



Notes upon Varieties of Winter Squashes. 



Quite a full list of the winter squashes was grown during the pa,st 

 season, and the following notes are here given in connection with 

 the record numl)ers that have been assigned to each -variety. The 

 first four have been previously grown and considered in the reports. 

 The numbers upon the fruits in Plate XIII. corresponded with those 

 ffiven below : 



No. 1. "Hubbard." This is an old variety, with a history that, according to 

 Mr. Gregory * I'eaches back more than a hundred years, taking its name from 

 one Hubbard, who brought it to the notice of the seed trade nearly fifty years 

 ago. The fruit is medium large and keeps quite closely to a definite shape, 

 namely, larger near the blossom end, to which it tapers rapidly to quite distinct 

 and curved point. Toward the stem the tapering is nearly as rapid for a di.s- 

 tance and then extends in a broad neck until the stout, fleshy stem is reached. 

 The fruit is usually somewhat one-sided — that is, the curves are less upon the 

 under side, which is also otherwise somewhat flattened. The surface is slightly 

 rough, due to Iti'oad ridges that are somewhat uneven, which, together with the 

 longitudinal creases, gives rise to a coarse, warty appearance in extreme cases. 

 The whole surface is quite evenly of a dark green, varying toward olive yellow 

 upon the under side and to bronze when fully mature. The flesh is thick, some- 

 what olive green near the outline and more orange toward the center. A large 

 number of large, white, oval seeds are usually produced. 



No. 2. "Boston Marrow" was introduced in 18.31. This has a large fruit with 

 a short blossom end and very obscured neck, so that the general outline is nearly 

 broadly ovate, with the longer taper toward the stem end. The surface is nearly 

 smooth, the ribs being very indistinct, and in color the orange is interrupted only 

 slightly by flint strips of a lighter color, which follow the depressions from the 

 blossom end back for a third or more of the fruit. The blossom tip sometimes re- 

 mains green. The flesh, not thick, is orange throughout, of the same color as the 



♦ "Squashes ; How to Grow Them." 



