Show Pumpkin Squash Used to Produce Many Fruits Over Cross Pollinations The production of about a dozen fruits from irom more than a hundred cross pollinations between different varieties ot of pumpkins and squash made at the state experiment station sta- sta station tion at Geneva N Y says the Scientific American has thrown con con- considerable considerable light on the botanical rela- rela relationships relationships of these groups and inci- inci incidentally Incidentally dentally has given rise to several new forms that seem to be either Immune or hl highly resistant to squash mosaic Many unsuccessful attempts to hybridize these two vegetables have been made during the last century hence the success attending the station trials Is being watched with considerable Interest because oi of the many possibilities it holds for developing new and better varieties Is the technical name for pumpkins and squashes of which three annual species are more or orless orless less commonly grov grown explains Pro Pro- Professor Professor fessor Van Eseltine station bota- bota botanist These species are known as maxima which Includes the winter squashes such as Hubbard Boston marrow and r related types moscha- moscha ta also known as the grammas and best illustrated by the Japanese pie winter crookneck and the like and pepo or the pumpkins the tall fall squashes and the summer squashes or scallops vegetable marrows and similar forms In each case the forms torms within these groups crossed readily but the groups would not cross with each other ThIs seemed to establish lish ish the specific identity of the three groups In 1930 1330 an attempt was again mad made to cross these different groups in a study oi of the origIn of M the annual About a dozen fruits have been obtained from these crosses and while they present many interesting possibilities in- in including In evidence of marked resist resist- once ance to squash mosaic much fur fur- further ther study will be required any very definite conclusions can come come from these investigations |