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soft. Flesh moderately thick at base, l'l-l 1 .' inches, but thin at 

 apex; texture fine, rather juicy, tender; light orange lorange buff): 

 quality poor. 



Seeds wrinkled, glossy white, medium size. 



Gilmore. Refs. 33, 41. 129. 



Originating as the result of a cross between Winne- 

 bago and Arikara this was introduced in 1926 and named 

 for Dr. Melvin R. Gilmore, Museum of Anthropology, 

 University of Michigan, who had previously introduced 

 several squash varieties which had been and are still 

 cultivated by the Plains Indians. Oscar H. Will & 

 Co., Bismarck, North Dakota, selected from the cross 

 a type in shape somewhat like Winnebago but in earliness 

 and color like the Arikara. 



Gilmore required 115 days to reach maturity at 

 Geneva. This was 5 days earlier than Winnebago, 10 

 days earlier than Banana and in season with Hubbard. 

 The vines are less vigorous than those of Winnebago 

 and Banana but otherwise are very similar to them. 

 The fruits are similar in shape to Banana, but are more 

 wrinkled and warted as well as being salmon orange 

 in color. 



Plant trailing: vines medium coarse, medium vigor, 8-10 feet; 

 branches few, basal. Cotyledons moderately long and very broad, 

 3 x 2'j inches; short oval to nearly round; apex tapered. Color 

 moderately light green. Leaves very shallowly lobed, moderately 

 small, 9 x 14 inches; margin slightly serrated at the base, otherwise 

 denticulate, slightly frilled; surface smooth; color medium green; 

 petiole short and moderately slender, 1— lj^ inches. Flower — 

 pistillate, medium large, 5 inches across, yellow; ovary long and 

 cylindrical, slightly tapering at base and apex; sepals very short 

 and slender, ? * inch; — staminate, moderately small, 4 inches across; 

 sepals moderately short and moderately slender, ?4 inch, rather 

 heavily pubescent; pedicle very short, 4-5 inches. 



Fruit moderately small, 15-18 x 5-6 inches; weight 6-8 pounds. 

 Shape cylindrical, moderately tapering towards base and apex; 

 surface wrinkled and shallowly warted. Blossom scar with button 

 \i~}--2 inch long. Skin color orange (salmon orange to ochraceous 

 salmon i marked with streaks of variable width radiating from the 

 apex one-half to two-thirds length of fruit, buff pink (pale ochraceous 

 buffi in color; often marked with small longitudinal blotches at the 

 base and medial with the same color; extreme apical area blotched 

 with dark green dull blackish green I and streaked with pale green 

 sage green I to conform with the streaks of the major color pattern. 

 Fruit stalk short, 1-2 inches, round, slightly curved, rough and 

 corky. Shell moderately hard and medium thick, J ., inch. Flesh 

 moderately thin, ? j-l inch, somewhat thicker at the base, 1 1 2 _ 1 3 4 

 inches; texture fine, firm, crisp; moderately sweet, moderately good 

 flavor; quality good; color deep yellow Icapucine yellow to light 

 cadmium . Seed cavity large, conforms to fruit shape, has much 

 placental tissue which is moist, stringy and difficult to remove. 



Seed moderately large; moderately long, moderately narrow 

 and plump, 2.1 x 1.2 x .50 cm. i 76 per oz.): face smooth, brown 

 (snuff brown); margin ridged, corky, dull white (cartridge buff). 



Golden Bronze. Refs. 31, 61, 121, 130. 



Golden Bronze was said to have been a selection 

 from a cross between Bay State and Boston Marrow, 

 and was introduced in 1899 by James J. H. Gregory 

 & Sons of Marblehead, Massachusetts. From pictures 

 and descriptions it was very much like the Boston 

 Marrow parent except in the dark grayish green color 

 showing bronzing on the upper side. It possessed similar 

 pock-mark skin irregularities of Boston Marrow, was 

 nearly as early in maturing and slightly smaller in size. 



Fruit moderately small, 10-12 x 8-10 inches; weight 8-10 

 pounds. Shape medial nearly globular, tapering abruptly to the 

 apex and gradually tapering towards the base; surface wrinkled 

 and distinctly pock-marked. Skin color dark grayish green turning 

 to bronze green during storage. Shell hard and moderately thick. 

 Flesh medium thick, texture fine, sweet, good flavor, bright golden 

 yellow in color; quality good. 



Golden Delicious. Refs. 33, 41, 129. 



Two of the most widely grown squash varieties 

 were used as the parents of this modern sort. Boston 

 Marrow was chosen because of its color and earliness 

 while Delicious was used for its size and quality. From 

 the many forms coming from the cross the type later 

 named and introduced as Golden Delicious was selected. 

 The original cross was made some four years before the 

 date of introduction in 1926 by Gill Bros. Seed Co. of 

 Portland, Oregon. For canners this has proved to have 

 unusual qualifications, for in addition to the orange 

 skin color it has thick flesh high in starch content which 

 will pack a product of desirable consistency. For this 

 reason it is often used to blend with other varieties. 



Golden Delicious attained maturity at Geneva in 

 105 days, 5 days earlier than Delicious and Golden 

 Hubbard and 5 days later than Boston Marrow. Vines 

 of these three varieties are similar, although the leaves 

 of Golden Delicious are larger and the ovaries of the 

 pistillate flowers distinctly turbinate. The fruits are 

 similar in size and shape to Delicious, differing chiefly 

 in color of skin. 



Plant trailing; vines medium heavy, moderately vigorous, 

 12-15 feet; branches moderately many, basal. Cotyledons medium 

 long and very broad 2 3 4 x 2}i inches; short oval to nearly round; 

 apex rounded, color medium green. Leaves very shallowly lobed, 

 nearly entire, medium large, 10 x 16 inches; margin denticulate 

 and slightly frilled; surface moderately smooth; color moderately 

 dark green; petiole medium long and heavy, 14-16 inches. Flower 



— pistillate, medium large, 5 '3-6 inches across, pale yellow; ovary 

 turbinate; sepals moderately short and moderately slender, 3 4 inch; 



— staminate, moderately small, 4 1 £—5 inches across; sepals medium 

 long and moderately slender, 1-1 J4 inches; pedicle short, 6-7 inches. 



Fruit small, 8-10 x 8-9 inches; weight 6 to 9 pounds. Shape 

 turbinate; ribbed widely; furrows very shallow; surface finely 

 wrinkled, occasionally somewhat pock-marked. Blossom scar with 

 button ' ;- 3 .[ inch long. Skin color orange to orange red lapricot 

 orange to rufous) marked with narrow, pinkish buff (light ochraceous 

 salmon 1 stripes which radiate from the apex one-third to one-half 

 length of fruit, and often with a very small, dark green (slate green) 

 area at the extreme apex. Fruit stalk moderately short, 2-3 inches, 

 curved, rough and corky. Shell moderately hard and thin to 

 medium thick, r,,- 1 g inch. Flesh thick at the base, 1 J j-1 '4 inches, 

 moderately thick at medial and apex, 1 1 4-1 1 _> inches; texture fine, 

 crisp, moderately dry; moderately sweet and fair flavor; quality 

 good; color orange 1 cadmium yellow to capucine yellow). Seed 

 cavity medium large, contains moderately much placental tissue 

 which is moderately dry and tender, moderately easy to remove. 



Seed medium large; medium length and width, moderately 

 plump, 1.85 x 1.04 x .38 cm. (128 per oz.); face wrinkled, glossy 

 white; margin rounded, smooth. 



Golden Hubbard. Refs. 30, 33, 38, 41, 60, 61, 73, 

 81, 101, 121, 129, 130. Syns. Genesee Golden, 

 Genesee Red Hubbard, Golden Warted Hubbard, 

 Hard Shelled Marrow, New Red Hubbard, Red 

 Hubbard. 

 For many years after the Hubbard squash was 



introduced it made little headway with commercial 



