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fruits were essentially alike in color and shape, as shown in the 

 above illustration. These eight fruits, which were the parents of 

 the plants discussed below, were as follows: 



Al. Pollinated with another flower on the same plant. 



A2. Pollinated by Round White (orii^inal pistillate parent). 



A3. Pollinated by Black Pekin (original staminate parent). 



A4. Same as A3. 



A5. Pollinated with another flower on same plant, as in Al. 



A6. Same as A5, 



A7. Pollinated by Round ^Tiite, as in A2. 



AS. Selection, not artitically pollinated. 



A Mongrel Egg-fruit. (1891.) 



Fi'om these eight fruits, 1,405 plants were grown at Cornell in 

 1891.* The behavior of these plants is indicated by the table 

 which closes this article. It is interesting to note the influence 

 of Black Pekin in A3 and A4, into which tliis variety has twice 

 entered as a staminate parent. All the plants, 203 in number, 

 were purple in foliage and like Black Pekin in habit; and most of 

 the fruits were solid pui'ple, although a, few striped fruits still 

 showed the influence of the Round White two generations back. 

 The ones into which the Round White entered twice — A2 and 



* Duplicates of all these egg-plants have been grown in Maine by Prof. W. 

 M. Munson, who will soon report upon them. 



