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four inches long, and comprised the entire length of vigorous axillary 

 shoots. At the same time, seeds were sown from fruits on the same 

 plant. The two lots were thereafter treated as nearly alike as possible. 

 They were set side by side in the field, June 1. Their behavior was as- 

 follows : 



Table XIII. — Seedlings vs. cuttings {to frost). 



Samples (March 29). 



Seedlings- 

 Cattings.. 



First 

 picking. 



Ang. 22. 

 Aug. 3.- 



Average No. 



fruits 



per plant. 



23.6 

 43. 



Average weight 



fruit 

 per plant. Lbs. 



3.0 

 4.8 



Average weight 

 individual 

 fruits. Oze. 



2.0 

 1.8 



Here, then, the cuttings were both much earlier and more productive 

 than the seedlings. This is opposed to most of our earlier results. 



May 3, another batch of cuttings was taken from the old plant A. 

 These were three or four inches long and were made from the tips of axil- 

 lary shoots which had reached a foot or more in length. Seedlings were 

 started from the same plant at the same time, and the two lots were placed 

 side by side in the field. The results are like those above, only less 

 pronounced: 



Table XIV. — Seedlings vs. cuttings {to frost). 



Samples (May 3). 



Seedlings.. 

 Cuttings.. 



First 

 picking. 



Sept. 2.. 



Aug. 22. 



Average No. 



fruits 

 per plant. 



12. 

 15.3 



Average weight 



fruit 

 per plant. Lbs. 



2.1 

 2.3 



Average weight 

 individual 

 fruits, Ozs. 



2.» 

 2.S 



Now, at the same time that this last lot was started, May 3, a dozen good 

 cuttings were taken from the plants B, which were themselves cuttings. 

 These cuttings of cuttings were given the same treatment as the cuttings 

 specified in the above table, and were set alongside them in the field. 

 They gave their first picking August 22, the same date as the one-genera- 

 tion cuttings, but they gave over twice the yield of either cuttings or seed- 

 lings — 5.4 lbs. per plant, which is a fair yield for plants started in May. 

 This, in general, tallies with our experience last year. We can not account 

 for it. Another strange thing about these cuttings of cuttings is the fact 

 that they did not reproduce the parent type, A, but of this we do not feel 

 competent to speak more fully at present. 



9. Products of early and late fruits. — A house plant of the Currant- 

 Ithaca hybrid described last year (Bulletin 32, p. 165) gave its first ripe 

 fruit December 3, 1891, Seeds were ^aved from this, and also from 

 another fruit upon the same plant which matured March lb, 1892. These 

 seeds were sown at the same time and at this time, also, cuttings were 

 taken from the plant. The three lots made the following record: 



Table XV. — Products of early and late fruits. {To frost.) 



Samples. 



1. First ripe fruit 



2. Late ripe fruit. 



3. Cuttings 



Date of first 

 picking. 



July 27 

 July 27 

 June 20 



Av. No. 



of fruits 



per plant. 



76.4 

 117.8 

 120.3 



Av. wt. 



of fruits 



per plant. 



Lbs. 



1.1 



2.1 



1.8 



Av. wt. 



of ind. 



fruits. 



Ozs. ' 



0.22 

 0.20 



u.2.^ 



