On Sat, 12 Jul 2003 19:05:37 GMT, Dan Musicant
wrote:

I planted a whole lot of pumpkin and kabocha seeds this year but one
plant has "fruit" that looks like zucchini! I've never grown zucchini
here so it couldn't be a volunteer. Could it be that a bee pollinated
one of the pumpkin flowers with zucchini pollen and that's what
happened?

Wouldn't it be more likely that this happened *last year*,
i.e., that a bee pollinated a pumpkin or kabocha plant last
year with zucchini pollen - and the seed you planted this
year is a hybrid (mix)?

I'm NOT sure of this, maybe someone else is?

The question: can fruit *this year* become different
because of pollination from a different variety?

Or can it only affect *next year's* fruit?

Pat