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I planted them in a row, next to each other, thinking I would get a row of
acorn squash. Last year my acorn squash were small vining plants. These are not
small vining plants! There are about a half dozen plants all crowded together.
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2007/...s/DSCF0852.JPG

3 weeks prior:
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2007/...s/DSCF0770.JPG

Scallop/acorn cross
This is the best one so far. The size and color is right, but it has the
ribbing that most of the acorn crosses have, and it's pointed on the end. The
scallop squash I grew last year had some natural ribbing, but nowhere near as
pronounced as this, and they were not pointed on the end.
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2007/...s/DSCF0833.JPG

Crookneck/acorn cross
This one is not quite as dramatic, but you can see the green tint, and slight
ribbing. The second pic is a normal squash.
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2007/...s/DSCF0850.JPG
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2007/...s/DSCF0849.JPG

zuchinni/acorn cross
Again, you can see the ribbing from the acorn influence, plus it is short and
blunt, not long and skinny like zuchinnis are.
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2007/...s/DSCF0842.JPG


These are new, they look like acorn squash, but the color is off. I'll watch
them to see how they develop.
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2007/...s/DSCF0853.JPG

Pumpkin/acorn cross? These fines are already 12 feet long and growing like
crazy. The fruit is round, just like my pumpkins. No sign of ribbing yet.
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2007/...s/DSCF0855.JPG

What is noteworthy of these, is that the seeds for *all* of these came out of
an ordinary looking acorn squash. Who would have thought that all of this
would come out of a normal acorn squash? I wish now I would have planted 30 of
these, just to see what kind of variety I would get. The plants are large and
quite vigorous. I think that I will save some of the fruit and plant them next
year to see what I get. The variety is a surprise, but so far they are very
edible.

All of the pics
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2007/2007AugustGarden5/


Fascinating! I've also heard that if you grow potato seeds you get a different
potato with each one.

Thanks for the pics.

Bob