Frankensquash

**trolleydriver** 9/24/2017, 2:55 pm

I think I may have created a Frankensquash. I have a large Golden Zucchini plant and right next to it is a Canada Crookneck Squash (CCS) plant. The zucchini squash look normal but there are strange things growing on the CCS plant. They have a shape similar to small CCS with a curved neck ending in bulb. However, they have the same color as the Golden Zucchini. Is this possible?

Golden Zucchini:
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Frankensquash:
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**Scorpio Rising** 9/24/2017, 3:26 pm

Looks a little like this one:

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&hl=en-us&biw=1024&bih=672&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=EgbIWYmjBKra0gLFqJbADQ&q=curved+squash&oq=curved+&gs_l=mobile-gws-img.1.0.0i67k1l2j0l3.4458.6851.0.8838.10.8.1.1.1.0.177.1263.0j8.8.0....0...1.1.64.mobile-gws-img..0.10.1322.3..41.0.rSe9du3iZ4M#imgrc=McaQX1m2LkrXZM:

I think you may have gotten a rogue seed, TD!!

**sanderson** 9/24/2017, 10:08 pm

I wouldn't have believed it if you hadn't posted the photos. Shocked

I really didn't think a 1st hybrid would combine characteristics. What do the other fruits on that vine look?

**trolleydriver** 9/24/2017, 10:20 pm

sanderson wrote:I wouldn't have believed it if you hadn't posted the photos. I really didn't think a 1st hybrid would combine characteristics. What do the other fruits on that vine look

The photos show two different fruit. There is a third fruit that looks the same. From what I have learned there can be cross-pollination of heirloom squash but the starnge results would not be seen until the next generation as you indicated. So maybe it was a rogue seed but it sure is strange that the plant is producing fruit which are the same color as the zucchini.

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