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journal of Agriculture. 



[ii April, 1910. 



nourished — the succulent fleshy fruit of the tomato and the firm starchy 

 tubers of the potato. There \Yas no blending of the properties of the two. 

 Just as in the case of a peach shoot grafted on the rooted stem of a plum, 

 the shoot continues to develop only leaves, flowers, and fruits of the peach. 



DOUBLE PLANT WITH TOMATOES ABOVE AND POTATOES BELOW. 



as long as it lives; and, if a shoot of the plum stock were allowed to grow, 

 even after twenty years' union with the peach, it would be found to produce 

 only the normal' leaves, flowers, and fruits of a plum. 



