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THE vegetable marrow appears to have been affected by a form of sterility this season. I have been told of cases both in Gloucestershire and Surrey where the plants have produced an enormous number of male flowers and only one, or possibly two, female flowers. In the case of one marrow to a plant the resulting fruit has been a large one. Every plant was affected in the same way. No disbudding had been practised. In my own case I have had, as usual, an abundant crop, including about three dozen well-ripened fruits for winter use. The season has been favourable for half-hardy plants. Can any reader suggest a reason for this occurrence in a monœcious plant?
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ARMITAGE, E. Sterility in the Vegetable Marrow. Nature 118, 592 (1926). https://doi.org/10.1038/118592d0
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