Table 1, replicated (cont.) Marketable Yieldy (bu/A) Cultivar Source Earlyz Total Colorx Curvature" Smoothnessv Seneca Butterbar Burpee 204 a-c 650 a-c 1.5 1.0 Gold Strike Ferry-Morse 183 a-d 648 a-c 1.5 1.5 Hyrific Ferry-Morse 126 e-g 632 a-c 1.8 1.8 Goldbar Herbst 152 d-f 617 a-d 1.2 1.0 Dixie Asgrow 190 a-d 617 a-d 2.3 1.3 Seneca Prolific Herbst 214 ab 599 a-e 1.0 1.5 Butter Pak Ferry-Morse 155 d-f 584 a-f 1.5 1.8 ----------------------------~C----1~111-------------------------------- Summer Sun Ferry-Morse 210 a-c 580 a-f 2.0 1.5 Early Prolific SN Burpee 85 g 529 b-g 1.2 1.5 Sundance Petoseed 172 b-e 519 c-g 3.0 1.2 Gourmet Keystone 189 a-d 487 d-g 1.0 1.0 Golden Rebel Ferry-Morse 108 fg 473 d-g 3.5 2.5 ----------------------------------------------------------- Golden Swan Petoseed 145 d-f 460 e-g 2.7 1.3 Goldneck Herbst 127 e-g 456 e-g 3.5 1.2 Moneymaker Keystone 165 c-e 452 fg 2.5 1.0 Golden Summer CN Burpee 38 h 417 g 3.0 3.2 Ranger Burpee 17 h 267 h 3.0 3.0 ZHarvested by May 6, 1977 (green) and May 4, 1977 (yellow). YMean separation for each type of squash by Duncan's New Multiple Range Test, 5% level. XRated from 1, white; to 5, dark green. WRated from 1, straight; to 5, very curved. VRated from 1, smooth; to 5, rough. Comments: Planted March 14-15, 1977 in single-row plots 24 ft long with hills 2 ft apart and rows 5 ft apart. Fertilization: 800 Ib/A 5-15-8 applied preplant and 650 lb/A 15-0-14 in 3 other applications before flowering.