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Our newsletter called The Cucurbit Network News (ISSN 1078-2419) comes out twice a year (a spring and fall issue). We encourage members to submit short articles (less than 1000 words) which range from reviews of efforts being made to preserve cucurbit germplasm to a world survey of cucurbits depicted on stamps. Every issue of TCN News has a section called “Profiles in Cucurbits” where a lesser-known cucurbit or lesser-known aspects of a better-known cucurbit is featured. There are articles on people (better known as cucurbitologists) in the “Meet...” section, so that we may come to know each other better. Also included are book reviews and a listing of recent publications. A bulletin board is available for members to post messages, brief news items, and advertisements including items for sale. Other organizations of interest to cucurbitologists are often listed along with a calendar of upcoming cucurbit-related events from around the world.

Volume 12, Issue 2 (Fall 2005)

Profiles in Cucurbits: The elusive american melonleaf [Cayaponia americana]. By Angela R. Davis, Rudy O'Reilly, Jr., and James Lazell.
The early multiple migrations of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria] around the globe. By Deena S. Decker-Walters, Sang-Min Chung, and Jack E. Staub.
Book Review: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. By G.J.H. Grubben & O.A. Denton (editors). 2004. Review by Deena S. Decker-Walters.
Meet: A winning research team [Willem J.J.O. de Wilde and Brigitta E.E. Duyfjes].

Volume 12, Issue 1 (Spring 2005)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Caribbean coralfruit [Doyerea emetocathartica]. By Angela R. Davis & Rudy G. O'Reilly, Jr.
Meet: Rudy G. O'Reilly, Jr., U.S.D.A. district conservationist
A new perspective on the Cucurbitaceae.
Meet: Charles Jeffrey, legendary cucurbit taxonomist.
Book Review: The Compleat Squash: A Passionate Grower's Guide to Pumpkins, Squashes, and Gourds. By Amy Goldman. 2004. Review by Thomas C. Andres.
Spiny gourd, Momordica cochinchinensis.

Volume 11, Issue 2 (Fall 2004)

Profiles in Cucurbits: The other loofah [Luffa acutangula]. By Ken Marr.
Meet: Ken Marr, Ph.D., plant taxonomist.
On cucurbit safari. By Jean-Luc Gatard.
Erotic use of Lagenaria in Renaissance art. By Jules Janick.

Volume 11, Issue 1 (Spring 2004)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Come clean with Luffa cylindrica. By Terry Holdsclaw.
Meet: Terry Holdsclaw, loofah grower.
What's cool for summer? Miniwatermelons! By Donald N. Maynard.
Meet: Don Maynard, cucurbit breeder and horticulturist.
Adventures in Africa.

Volume 10, Issue 2 (Fall 2003)

Profiles in Cucurbits: The discovery of wild bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria). By Mary Wilkins-Ellert.
From past Profiles: Cucurbits in color.

Volume 10, Issue 1 (Spring 2003)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Christmas in October? My encounter with globeberry [Ibervillea lindheimeri]. By Angela R. Davis.
Meet: Angela Davis, watermelon geneticist for the U.S.D.A.
Tribute to Leonard Blake, cucurbit archaeologist extraordinaire, January 13, 1903–August 19, 2002. By Gayle Fritz.
Meet: Lee Newsom, MacArthur Fellow.
Phormiskoi: Gourd-shaped terra-cottas from the Ancient Mediterranean. By Eurydice Kefalidou.

Volume 9, Issue 2 (Fall 2002)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Casabanana [Sicana odorifera]—An air freshener from the lowland tropics. By Deena Decker-Walters & Tom Andres.
Meet: Thomas A. Zitter, hot on the trail of cucurbit diseases.
Book Reviews: Gourd Pyrography. By Jim Widess. 2002. Review by Thomas C. Andres.
Melons for the Passionate Grower. By Amy Goldman. 2002. Review by Thomas C. Andres.
In House Research: The origin of New World melons: part 2—genetic relationships. By Deena S. Decker-Walters.

Volume 9, Issue 1 (Spring 2002)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Seeking Sechium in Costa Rica. By Hugh Cross.
Meet: Hugh Cross, chayote genealogist.
The scent of ripe cucurbits. By Deena S. Decker-Walters.
Gourds make a fashion statement. By Thomas C. Andres.
Book Review: Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference. By E. Schneider. 2001. Review by Thomas C. Andres.
In House Research: The origins of New World melons: part 1—morphology and ecology. By Deena S. Decker-Walters.

Volume 8, Issue 2 (Fall 2001)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Oyster nut—Telfairia pedata (Sims) Hook. By Paul Latham.
Meet: Paul Latham of the Salvation Army.
The wax and wane of Kansas watermelons. By Amanda K. Neill.
Book Review: The Ghosts of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms. By C. Barlow. 2000. Review by Thomas C. Andres.
In House Research: Encounters in the field: of perils and people. By Deena S. Decker-Walters.

Volume 8, Issue 1 (Spring 2001)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Finding and fruiting the fluted pumpkin [Telfairia occidentalis]. By Robert W. Pemberton.
Meet: Bob Pemberton, an eager explorer for the USDA.
Book Review: Jiaogulan: China’s “Immortality” Herb. By M. Blumert & J. Liu. 1999. Review by Thomas C. Andres.
In House Research: Evolution of the bottle gourd.
Meet: New TCN editor Amanda Neill (we call her “Gurania girl”).

Volume 7, Issue 2 (Fall 2000)

Profiles in Cucurbits: The bobbing Benincasa. By Deena & Terrence Walters.
Meet: Steve Sullivan, grower of gourds.
Meet: The Walters research team.
Book Reviews: African Indigenous Vegetables: An Overview of the Cultivated Species. By R. R. Schippers. 2000. Review by Thomas C. Andres.
Das grosse Buch vom Kürbis. By M. Brancucci & E. Bänziger. 2000.
Creative cucurbit cuisine.

Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 2000)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Balsam pear [Momordica charantia]: a New Zealand perspective on an Asian cucurbit. By John Burgmans.
Meet: John Burgmans, horticultural consultant.
Meet: John Paul Cook, importer of pumpkin seed products.
The Cucurbitaceae from CATIE: a treasure from Mesoamerica. By Antonio Mora, Carlos Astorga, Elkin Bustamante, & Michiel Hoogendijk.
Antoine Nicolas Duchesne: the father of Cucurbita taxonomy. By Harry S. Paris.
Book Reviews: Making Gourd Musical Instruments: Over 60 String, Wind & Percussion Instruments, and How to Play Them. By Ginger Summit & Jim Widess. 1999 and Gourd Musical Instruments CD. 1999. Review by Thomas C. Andres.
The Great Herbal of Leonhart Fuchs, De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes, 1542 (Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants). By Frederick Meyer, E. E. Trueblood, & J. L. Heller. 1999. Review by Deena Decker-Walters.
TCN launches Cucurbitaceae database on the Web.

Volume 6, Issue 2 (Fall 1999)

On African safari. By Terrence & Deena Walters.
Catapultin’ cucurbits at Punkin’ Chunkin’. By Pete Hill & Ralph Eschborn.
Meet: Frieda Caplan, Marketer of Cucurbits.
Meet: Seeds By Design, Inc.

Volume 6, Issue 1 (Spring 1999)

Profiles in Cucurbits: In praise of Nara [Acanthosicyos horridus]. By Mary Wilkins/Ellert.
A new multi-disease resistant summer squash.
Book Review: How-To-Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins, II. By Don Langevin. 1998. Review by Thomas C. Andres.
Pumpkin Circle. Videocassette. Written and Directed by George Levenson. 1997.
Meet: The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra.

Volume 5, Issue 2 (Fall 1998)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Fevillea: the antidote vine. By Richard P. Wunderlin.
Melon prints by George Brookshaw (English, 1774–1839).
Out of India: unpublished nineteenth century art.
Publications available through The Cucurbit Network.
Meet: East-West Seed Company. By Simon de Hoop & Manuel van Eijk.

Volume 5, Issue 1 (Spring 1998)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Dudaim: the ornamental melon [Cucumis melo var. dudaim]. By Thomas C. Andres.
Pumpkin breeding with a tropical twist. By Linda Wessel-Beaver.
Meet: Professor Linda Wessel-Beaver.
Book Reviews: Gourds in Your Garden: a Guidebook for the Home Gardener. By Ginger Summit. 1998. Review by Deena Decker-Walters.
  The Perfect Pumpkin. By Gail Damerow. 1997. Review by Deena Decker-Walters.
  Pumpkins & Squashes: Gardening, Crafts and Recipes. By Caroline Boisset. 1997. Review by Thomas C. Andres.
  Cucurbits. By N. M. Nayar & T. A. More, eds. 1998. Review by Deena Decker-Walters.
  Steirisches Kürbiskernöl [Styrian Pumpkin Seed Oil]. By Christoph Wagner. 1997. Review by Penny Lichtenecker.
  Kürbis: Von den Früchten den Kernen und ihrem Öl [Pumpkins: of the Fruits, Their Seeds and Their Oil]. By Editha & Reinhold Reiterer. 1994. Review by Penny Lichtenecker.
A regional taste travels well: Austrian pumpkinseed oil. By Molly O'Neill.

Volume 4, Issue 2 (Fall 1997)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Echinocystis lobata: a cucurbit with a northern temperment. By Deena & Terrence Walters.
Drinking cucurbits? Gulp! By Thomas C. Andres.
Meet: Pickle Packers International, Inc.
From Turkey with cucurbits. By Thomas A. Zitter.

Volume 4, Issue 1 (Spring 1997)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Bryonia: a potent medicinal cucurbit of temperate climes. By Stephen J. Novak.
Meet: Stephen J. Novak, Ph.D.
Are bottle gourds moth pollinated? By Charles B. Heiser.
Studies in progress—An endemic to Ecuador.
Stamp statistics.

Volume 3, Issue 2 (Fall 1996)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Schizocarpum: capsular cucurbits. By Denis Kearns.
Meet: Denis Kearns, cucurbit naturalist.
Transgenic squash: from laboratory to market. By Hector Quemada.
Book Reviews: Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases. By Thomas A. Zitter et al., eds. 1996. Review by Deena Decker-Walters.
Estudios Taxonómicos y Ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de Importancia Económica. By Rafael Lira-Saade. 1995. Review by Denis Kearns.
Meet: Rocky Ford, Colorado—America's sweet melon capital.
The Mirliton Festival.
Other annual cucurbit festivals in the USA.

Volume 3, Issue 1 (Spring 1996)

Profiles in Cucurbits: “Hanging loose” with Gurania and Psiguria. By Marty Condon.
Meet: Marty Condon, a student of sex lives.
Cucurbit-related World Wide Web sites.
Don't stamp out cucurbits!
O. J. Eigsti and his love of the seedless watermelon.
The banjo's curious cucurbitaceous ancestry.
Meet: Clarke R. Buehling, the gourd banjoist.

Volume 2, Issue 2 (Fall 1995)

Profiles in Cucurbits: When is a cucurbit like a bell pepper? When it can be stuffed! [The genus Cyclanthera]. By C. E. Jones, C. Shah, M. Steinberg, M. Law, & M. Wilcox.
Preserving genetic diversity in cucurbits; part 2, the public sector.
Other international and national crop germplasm conservation organizations.
Meet: C. Eugene Jones, Ph.D., and his Fullerton research team.

Volume 2, Issue 1 (Spring 1995)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Cucurbits for the succulent collector. By Mary H. Wilkins/Ellert.
Preserving genetic diversity in cucurbits; part 1, the private sector.
Non-profit seed preservation organizations.
Book Review: Cucurbitaceae. In: Flora de Veracruz. By Michael Nee. 1993. Review by Rafael Lira-Saade.
Meet: Isolab, Inc.
Meet: Mary Wilkins/Ellert.

Volume 1, Issue 2 (Fall 1994)

Profiles in Cucurbits: Adventures with Marah. By Burnett R. Toskey.
Meet: the cucurbit crew at Crow Canyon.
Thomas W. Whitaker, remembered. By Richard W. Robinson.
Meet: Burnett Toskey, cucurbit enthusiast.
International Watermelon Summit ’94. By Gary W. Elmstrom.
Book Review: The Gourd Book. By Charles B. Heiser. 1993. Review by Deena & Terrence Walters.

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In 1994, The Cucurbit Network was founded by Thomas Andres (left) and Deena Decker-Walters (right).
	Our goals are to disseminate news of recent developments concerning cucurbits (from achoccha to zucchini) and to promote the conservation and understanding of this plant family through education and research. We aim to foster communication among cucurbit workers through the publication of the newsletter, The Cucurbit Network News, and through this Web site.
The Cucurbit Network News Our newsletter called The Cucurbit Network News (ISSN 1078-2419) comes out twice a year (a spring and fall issue). We encourage members to submit short articles (less than 1000 words) which range from reviews of efforts being made to preserve cucurbit germplasm to a world survey of cucurbits depicted on stamps. Every issue of TCN News has a section called “Profiles in Cucurbits” where a lesser-known cucurbit or lesser-known aspects of a better-known cucurbit is featured. There are articles on people (better known as cucurbitologists) in the “Meet...” section, so that we may come to know each other better. Also included are book reviews and a listing of recent publications. A bulletin board is available for members to post messages, brief news items, and advertisements including items for sale. Other organizations of interest to cucurbitologists are often listed along with a calendar of upcoming cucurbit-related events from around the world. To join, go to Membership Form Contents of back issues: Volume 12, Issue 2 (Fall 2005) Profiles in Cucurbits: The elusive american melonleaf [Cayaponia americana]. By Angela R. Davis, Rudy O'Reilly, Jr., and James Lazell. The early multiple migrations of bottle gourd [Lagenaria siceraria] around the globe. By Deena S. Decker-Walters, Sang-Min Chung, and Jack E. Staub. Book Review: Plant Resources of Tropical Africa 2. Vegetables. By G.J.H. Grubben & O.A. Denton (editors). 2004. Review by Deena S. Decker-Walters. Meet: A winning research team [Willem J.J.O. de Wilde and Brigitta E.E. Duyfjes]. Volume 12, Issue 1 (Spring 2005) Profiles in Cucurbits: Caribbean coralfruit [Doyerea emetocathartica]. By Angela R. Davis & Rudy G. O'Reilly, Jr. Meet: Rudy G. O'Reilly, Jr., U.S.D.A. district conservationist A new perspective on the Cucurbitaceae. Meet: Charles Jeffrey, legendary cucurbit taxonomist. Book Review: The Compleat Squash: A Passionate Grower's Guide to Pumpkins, Squashes, and Gourds. By Amy Goldman. 2004. Review by Thomas C. Andres. Spiny gourd, Momordica cochinchinensis. Volume 11, Issue 2 (Fall 2004) Profiles in Cucurbits: The other loofah [Luffa acutangula]. By Ken Marr. Meet: Ken Marr, Ph.D., plant taxonomist. On cucurbit safari. By Jean-Luc Gatard. Erotic use of Lagenaria in Renaissance art. By Jules Janick. Volume 11, Issue 1 (Spring 2004) Profiles in Cucurbits: Come clean with Luffa cylindrica. By Terry Holdsclaw. Meet: Terry Holdsclaw, loofah grower. What's cool for summer? Miniwatermelons! By Donald N. Maynard. Meet: Don Maynard, cucurbit breeder and horticulturist. Adventures in Africa. Volume 10, Issue 2 (Fall 2003) Profiles in Cucurbits: The discovery of wild bottle gourd (Lagenaria siceraria). By Mary Wilkins-Ellert. From past Profiles: Cucurbits in color. Volume 10, Issue 1 (Spring 2003) Profiles in Cucurbits: Christmas in October? My encounter with globeberry [Ibervillea lindheimeri]. By Angela R. Davis. Meet: Angela Davis, watermelon geneticist for the U.S.D.A. Tribute to Leonard Blake, cucurbit archaeologist extraordinaire, January 13, 1903–August 19, 2002. By Gayle Fritz. Meet: Lee Newsom, MacArthur Fellow. Phormiskoi: Gourd-shaped terra-cottas from the Ancient Mediterranean. By Eurydice Kefalidou. Volume 9, Issue 2 (Fall 2002) Profiles in Cucurbits: Casabanana [Sicana odorifera]—An air freshener from the lowland tropics. By Deena Decker-Walters & Tom Andres. Meet: Thomas A. Zitter, hot on the trail of cucurbit diseases. Book Reviews: Gourd Pyrography. By Jim Widess. 2002. Review by Thomas C. Andres. Melons for the Passionate Grower. By Amy Goldman. 2002. Review by Thomas C. Andres. In House Research: The origin of New World melons: part 2—genetic relationships. By Deena S. Decker-Walters. Volume 9, Issue 1 (Spring 2002) Profiles in Cucurbits: Seeking Sechium in Costa Rica. By Hugh Cross. Meet: Hugh Cross, chayote genealogist. The scent of ripe cucurbits. By Deena S. Decker-Walters. Gourds make a fashion statement. By Thomas C. Andres. Book Review: Vegetables from Amaranth to Zucchini: The Essential Reference. By E. Schneider. 2001. Review by Thomas C. Andres. In House Research: The origins of New World melons: part 1—morphology and ecology. By Deena S. Decker-Walters. Volume 8, Issue 2 (Fall 2001) Profiles in Cucurbits: Oyster nut—Telfairia pedata (Sims) Hook. By Paul Latham. Meet: Paul Latham of the Salvation Army. The wax and wane of Kansas watermelons. By Amanda K. Neill. Book Review: The Ghosts of Evolution: Nonsensical Fruit, Missing Partners, and Other Ecological Anachronisms. By C. Barlow. 2000. Review by Thomas C. Andres. In House Research: Encounters in the field: of perils and people. By Deena S. Decker-Walters. Volume 8, Issue 1 (Spring 2001) Profiles in Cucurbits: Finding and fruiting the fluted pumpkin [Telfairia occidentalis]. By Robert W. Pemberton. Meet: Bob Pemberton, an eager explorer for the USDA. Book Review: Jiaogulan: China’s “Immortality” Herb. By M. Blumert & J. Liu. 1999. Review by Thomas C. Andres. In House Research: Evolution of the bottle gourd. Meet: New TCN editor Amanda Neill (we call her “Gurania girl”). Volume 7, Issue 2 (Fall 2000) Profiles in Cucurbits: The bobbing Benincasa. By Deena & Terrence Walters. Meet: Steve Sullivan, grower of gourds. Meet: The Walters research team. Book Reviews: African Indigenous Vegetables: An Overview of the Cultivated Species. By R. R. Schippers. 2000. Review by Thomas C. Andres. Das grosse Buch vom Kürbis. By M. Brancucci & E. Bänziger. 2000. Creative cucurbit cuisine. Volume 7, Issue 1 (Spring 2000) Profiles in Cucurbits: Balsam pear [Momordica charantia]: a New Zealand perspective on an Asian cucurbit. By John Burgmans. Meet: John Burgmans, horticultural consultant. Meet: John Paul Cook, importer of pumpkin seed products. The Cucurbitaceae from CATIE: a treasure from Mesoamerica. By Antonio Mora, Carlos Astorga, Elkin Bustamante, & Michiel Hoogendijk. Antoine Nicolas Duchesne: the father of Cucurbita taxonomy. By Harry S. Paris. Book Reviews: Making Gourd Musical Instruments: Over 60 String, Wind & Percussion Instruments, and How to Play Them. By Ginger Summit & Jim Widess. 1999 and Gourd Musical Instruments CD. 1999. Review by Thomas C. Andres. The Great Herbal of Leonhart Fuchs, De Historia Stirpium Commentarii Insignes, 1542 (Notable Commentaries on the History of Plants). By Frederick Meyer, E. E. Trueblood, & J. L. Heller. 1999. Review by Deena Decker-Walters. TCN launches Cucurbitaceae database on the Web. Volume 6, Issue 2 (Fall 1999) On African safari. By Terrence & Deena Walters. Catapultin’ cucurbits at Punkin’ Chunkin’. By Pete Hill & Ralph Eschborn. Meet: Frieda Caplan, Marketer of Cucurbits. Meet: Seeds By Design, Inc. Volume 6, Issue 1 (Spring 1999) Profiles in Cucurbits: In praise of Nara [Acanthosicyos horridus]. By Mary Wilkins/Ellert. A new multi-disease resistant summer squash. Book Review: How-To-Grow World Class Giant Pumpkins, II. By Don Langevin. 1998. Review by Thomas C. Andres. Pumpkin Circle. Videocassette. Written and Directed by George Levenson. 1997. Meet: The Richmond Indigenous Gourd Orchestra. Volume 5, Issue 2 (Fall 1998) Profiles in Cucurbits: Fevillea: the antidote vine. By Richard P. Wunderlin. Melon prints by George Brookshaw (English, 1774–1839). Out of India: unpublished nineteenth century art. Publications available through The Cucurbit Network. Meet: East-West Seed Company. By Simon de Hoop & Manuel van Eijk. Volume 5, Issue 1 (Spring 1998) Profiles in Cucurbits: Dudaim: the ornamental melon [Cucumis melo var. dudaim]. By Thomas C. Andres. Pumpkin breeding with a tropical twist. By Linda Wessel-Beaver. Meet: Professor Linda Wessel-Beaver. Book Reviews: Gourds in Your Garden: a Guidebook for the Home Gardener. By Ginger Summit. 1998. Review by Deena Decker-Walters. The Perfect Pumpkin. By Gail Damerow. 1997. Review by Deena Decker-Walters. Pumpkins & Squashes: Gardening, Crafts and Recipes. By Caroline Boisset. 1997. Review by Thomas C. Andres. Cucurbits. By N. M. Nayar & T. A. More, eds. 1998. Review by Deena Decker-Walters. Steirisches Kürbiskernöl [Styrian Pumpkin Seed Oil]. By Christoph Wagner. 1997. Review by Penny Lichtenecker. Kürbis: Von den Früchten den Kernen und ihrem Öl [Pumpkins: of the Fruits, Their Seeds and Their Oil]. By Editha & Reinhold Reiterer. 1994. Review by Penny Lichtenecker. A regional taste travels well: Austrian pumpkinseed oil. By Molly O'Neill. Volume 4, Issue 2 (Fall 1997) Profiles in Cucurbits: Echinocystis lobata: a cucurbit with a northern temperment. By Deena & Terrence Walters. Drinking cucurbits? Gulp! By Thomas C. Andres. Meet: Pickle Packers International, Inc. From Turkey with cucurbits. By Thomas A. Zitter. Volume 4, Issue 1 (Spring 1997) Profiles in Cucurbits: Bryonia: a potent medicinal cucurbit of temperate climes. By Stephen J. Novak. Meet: Stephen J. Novak, Ph.D. Are bottle gourds moth pollinated? By Charles B. Heiser. Studies in progress—An endemic to Ecuador. Stamp statistics. Volume 3, Issue 2 (Fall 1996) Profiles in Cucurbits: Schizocarpum: capsular cucurbits. By Denis Kearns. Meet: Denis Kearns, cucurbit naturalist. Transgenic squash: from laboratory to market. By Hector Quemada. Book Reviews: Compendium of Cucurbit Diseases. By Thomas A. Zitter et al., eds. 1996. Review by Deena Decker-Walters. Estudios Taxonómicos y Ecogeográficos de las Cucurbitaceae Latinoamericanas de Importancia Económica. By Rafael Lira-Saade. 1995. Review by Denis Kearns. Meet: Rocky Ford, Colorado—America's sweet melon capital. The Mirliton Festival. Other annual cucurbit festivals in the USA. Volume 3, Issue 1 (Spring 1996) Profiles in Cucurbits: “Hanging loose” with Gurania and Psiguria. By Marty Condon. Meet: Marty Condon, a student of sex lives. Cucurbit-related World Wide Web sites. Don't stamp out cucurbits! O. J. Eigsti and his love of the seedless watermelon. The banjo's curious cucurbitaceous ancestry. Meet: Clarke R. Buehling, the gourd banjoist. Volume 2, Issue 2 (Fall 1995) Profiles in Cucurbits: When is a cucurbit like a bell pepper? When it can be stuffed! [The genus Cyclanthera]. By C. E. Jones, C. Shah, M. Steinberg, M. Law, & M. Wilcox. Preserving genetic diversity in cucurbits; part 2, the public sector. Other international and national crop germplasm conservation organizations. Meet: C. Eugene Jones, Ph.D., and his Fullerton research team. Volume 2, Issue 1 (Spring 1995) Profiles in Cucurbits: Cucurbits for the succulent collector. By Mary H. Wilkins/Ellert. Preserving genetic diversity in cucurbits; part 1, the private sector. Non-profit seed preservation organizations. Book Review: Cucurbitaceae. In: Flora de Veracruz. By Michael Nee. 1993. Review by Rafael Lira-Saade. Meet: Isolab, Inc. Meet: Mary Wilkins/Ellert. Volume 1, Issue 2 (Fall 1994) Profiles in Cucurbits: Adventures with Marah. By Burnett R. Toskey. Meet: the cucurbit crew at Crow Canyon. Thomas W. Whitaker, remembered. By Richard W. Robinson. Meet: Burnett Toskey, cucurbit enthusiast. International Watermelon Summit ’94. By Gary W. Elmstrom. Book Review: The Gourd Book. By Charles B. Heiser. 1993. Review by Deena & Terrence Walters. Volume 1, Issue 1 (Spring 1994) Profiles in Cucurbits: Ecballium elaterium—the squirting cucumber. By Denise E. Costich, Ph.D. Meet: Judi Stone, cucurbit illustrator. Meet: Denise Costich, researcher. Book Reviews: Biosystematic Monograph of the Genus Cucumis (Cucurbitaceae): Botanical Identification of Cucumbers and Melons. By Joseph H. Kirkbride, Jr. 1993. Review by Thomas C. Andres. The Pumpkin King: Four-Time World Champion Howard Dill & the Atlantic Giant. By Al Kingsbury. 1992. Review by Thomas C. Andres.

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