Re: Pollinators and Male & Female Flowers

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• Subject: Re: Pollinators and Male & Female Flowers
• From: R* C* I* <r*@uvi.edu>
• Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 09:16:45 -0400
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Pat & Alex wrote:
> I knew that zucchini had male and female flowers, but I'm not sure how
> to tell them apart,

In the cucurbit family (which includes both zukes and cukes), the female
flowers have a miniature version of the fruit at the base of the
flowers.

> and All the cucumber flowers look the same to me.

I believe that the first set of flowers is all male.  Wait a while
longer and see if future flowers turn up different.
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