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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Squash bug control
  • Date: Mon, 2 Nov 2009 08:17:58 -0600 (CST)

>All pepo cultivars have a 5 sided hard stem all maxima have a soft round
>stem... Bob
>

Good point. The moschata's also have a five-sided stem, but its much harder
than pepo. It's also thinner and bleaches a very light color at maturity.
Look at a butternut squash, which is also moschata.

Bill
William H Shoemaker, UI-Crop Sciences
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610




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