174 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 170 
282481 to 282555—Continued 
282481 to 282483. CUCURBITA MAXIMA Duchesne Cucurbitaceae. Squash. 
282481. GC—54. A winter squash from the Eastern States Farmers Ex- 
change, West Springfield, Mass. A cultivated exhibition type; fruit 
weighing to 133 lbs.; skin white; flesh pale pink; cavity small, fibrous; 
seeds large. 
282482. GC-55. A winter squash purchased in Troy, New York. Plants 
cultivated, probably ‘Buttercup’; unique in its green- and red-striped 
color variegations mostly on the navel portion. Seed small. Fruit sold 
as an ornamental. 
282483. GC-56. A squash from the Eastern States Farmers Exchange, 
West Springfield, Mass. A cultivated exhibition type, originally from 
Portugal. Fruit similar to ‘Red Essex’, but green, large, flattened, 
densely warted; warts large; flesh deep yellow. 
282484 to 282487. CUCURBITA PEPO L. Pumpkin. 
282484. GC-57. ‘Meader Star’ from the University of New Hampshire, 
Durham. A new mutant, fruit elongate, ‘Table Queen’ shape, with 
yellow star on proximal end; seed naked. 
282485. GC-58. Cultivated. Similar to GC-—57, except yellow star not 
prominent. 
282486. GC-59. Cultivated. Similar to GC—58, except yellow star very 
subdued. Seed from selfed fruit 5985-4. 
282487. GC-60. Cultivated. From the University of New Hampshire, 
Durham. Self-pollinated fruit from prolific bush plant; fruit resembles 
‘Little Gem’, but more flattened. Edible and ornamental. 
282488 to 282555. CUCURBITA PEPO var. OVIFERA (L.) Alef. 
Ornamental gourd. 
282488. GC-1M. Cultivated yellow-flowered ornamental gourd from a 
mass selection in a field at Stormville, N.Y. Plants typical vine habit; 
fruits variable, including predominantly warty, intensely pigmented, 
monochrome and bicolored, some edible types. 
282489. GC-1N. Naked seeds found in P.I. 282488. 
282490. GC-1S. Smallest seeds found in P.I. 282488. 
282491. GC-2. Cultivated at Stormville, N.Y. Fruit small, bicolored, 
warty; summer squash. 
282492. GC-3. Cultivated at Stormville, N.Y. Fruit a small bicolored 
“bottle” resembling ‘Early Prolific’. Ornamental. 
282493. GC-4. Cultivated ornamental purchased at Yorktown, N.Y. 
Fruit small, moderately intense pigmentation, bicolored, striped, pear- 
shaped. Uncontaminated C. ovifera with unique color pattern. 
282494. GC-5. Cultivated ornamental purchased at Yorktown, N.Y. 
Fruit intensely pigmented, bicolored. 
282495. GC-6. Cultivated ornamental purchased at Yorktown, N.Y. 
Fruit typical spoon. 
282496. GC-7. Cultivated ornamental purchased at .Yorktown, N.Y. 
Fruit very intensely pigmented, nonstriped, warty, pear shaped. 
282497. GC-8. Cultivated ornamental purchased near Danbury, Conn. 
Fruit a bicolored spoon with an expanded belly. 
282498. GC-9. Cultivated ornamental purchased near Buckingham, Pa. 
Fruit elliptic, tapering towards the proximal end, bicolored, lightly 
pigmented, nonstriped. 
282499. GC-10. Cultivated ornamental from the University of Vermont, 
Burlington. Fruit ringed, bicolored, spoon type. 
