until true breeding lines had been established. At least two generations were 

 grown in the greenhouse during one winter season to hasten production 

 of the new variety named Baby Butternut. 



This is ihe liarvest from just one plant of the Baby Butternut squash. This 

 variety sets its fruit without pollination, thereby producing seedless squashes. 



While superficially resembling Butternut, this new variety is smaller, 

 weighing one and a half pounds and is of similar color and shape, but 

 entirely free of crookneck fruits. Following harvest. Baby Butternut de- 

 velops a waxy coating that aids in long storage. In the north, the squashes 

 mature earlier than those of the Butternut variety. In the warm and long 

 frost-free growing season of 1955. 34 squashes were harvested from a 

 single plant of Baby Butternut and many widely-spaced plants had 22 or 

 more fruits per plant. It is common to find a fruit at every node for some 

 distance along the vine. Usually with most varieties such early female 

 flowers drop and fail to set any fruit. The early female blossoms of Babv 

 Butternut frequently set and develop very early, usable squashes that have 

 few. if any. viable seeds. Squashes matured later in the season produce 

 good seed. 



Critical judges have rated Baby Butternut to be of high cooking quality, 

 ranking it alongside Buttercup which is considered the standard for ex- 

 cellent table quality. Because of its dry good-flavored flesh, Baby Butter- 

 nut lends itself nicely to baking. Within recent years, consumers have 

 asked for squashes of a convenient individual size. When squashes of the 

 new Baby Butternut variety are cut in halves lengthwise, the seeds scooped 

 out and baked without peeling, two individual servings of high quality 

 cooked squash are ready for table use. This convenience is not found in 

 the large squashes that have to be cut up for marketing. 



Amber Squash 



This variety was developed simultaneously with the Baby Butternut, but 

 from use of anothern Korean squash, Wase Kurokawa (Japanese for Early 



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