838 EXPERIMENT STATION EECORD. [Vol.36 



A survey was conducted by R. W. de Baun to determine what varieties of 

 vegetables were most popular among the commercial growers of the State. The 

 results are presented in tabular form. The results of sweet corn suckering ex- 

 periments as conducted by the same investigator show that the hills not suck- 

 ered gave the heaviest yield, while the hills from which the suckers were re- 

 moved late in their growth gave the smallest yield. When suckering was per- 

 formed more than once the yield was still further reduced. When suckering 

 was conducted early in the growth of the plant the corn was ready for market 

 about three days before that of the plants not suckered. The plants suckered 

 later in the season were slightly earlier than those not suckered. 



Some preliminary experiments conducted with horseradish by the same in- 

 vestigator indicate that larger sized and less branched main roots may be pro- 

 duced for market by removing the soil and stripping off the lateral roots from 

 the upper part of the main root sometime during the summer. The yield of 

 marketable roots was increased also by this method. Further work to de- 

 termine the financial value of the stripping method is contemplated. 



[Report of heredity investigations], B. D. Halsted {Ne^v Jersey Stas. Rpt. 

 1915, pp. 262-281, pis. IS). — A progress report on breeding work with corn, 

 peppers, and miscellaneous plants (E. S. R., 34, p. 144). 



Among the results with new Fi corn crosses, the character for floury endo- 

 sperm appears to be recessive to the character for flintiness. With varieties in 

 which the grains are normally zigzag or out of alinement this character is 

 transmissible to the progeny of crosses with straight-rowed varieties. Se- 

 lected zigzag ears from normally straight-rowed varieties do not tend to trans- 

 mit the character for zigzagness when crossed with another straight-rowed 

 variety. Observations of certain Fi crosses showed an apparent inheritance 

 of a character for isolated or widely spaced grains. 



Studies of inheritance of row-number in corn indicate that an unusually 

 low row-number in the parental ear may be followed by a decrease in the 

 average row-number of the offspring, as compared with that from normal seed 

 ears. Some general observations are given on a number of F2 com crosses. 

 One point brought out from the preliminary observations made is the superi- 

 ority of Fi selections over F2 selections, indicating the desirability of planting 

 Fi seed for crop production. Several F2 crosses of Cnzco corn with United 

 States field corns indicate the lack of value of Cuzco com for breeding with 

 local field types. 



Further data are given on F2 Golden Queen-Red Cluster pepper crosses. 

 Among the phases considered are the relations of size of plants (single leaved), 

 size of plants (double leaved), and size of fruit, to such characters as plant 

 length, leaf length, and position, color, flavor, and walls of the fruit; the re- 

 lation between height of plant and leaf length ; correlation between length of 

 leaf and width of leaf; and correlation between the size (weight) of fruits 

 and the size (length) of their seeds. Observations are also given on variations 

 in size of plant, leaf arrangement, the leaf, flower, fruit position, fruit color, 

 fruit shape and size among F3 Golden Queen-Red Cluster peppers, and on some 

 F« Procopps-Cherry pepper crosses with special reference to variability in size 

 and form of fruits. 



Some new breeding work with nasturtiums, squashes and gourds, radishes, 

 and daturas was undertaken and is here briefly considered. A study was made 

 of abovtiveness in relation to position in the pod on three crops of Mohawk 

 bush beans. The data presented indicate that abortiveness is chiefly in the 

 basal position and Increases as the season advances. 



Inheritance studies in garden plants, B. J. Owen {New Jersey Stas. Rpt. 

 1915, pp. 293-296).— In continuation of previous work (E. S. R., 34, p. 146), 



