SEX ON HYBRIDS AMONG FRUITS. 125 
varieties belonging to Ribes grossularia, as male, a large red, hairy berry of good flavor 
known as the Warrington. Three of these hybrids have fruited. In growth and habit 
the bushes much resemble the female parent, while the fruit is considerably larger, and 
improved in quality, and in most instances when ripe, the berries are tinged with red. 
One variety bears a berry entirely smooth, a second has a few hairs, while the third has 
bristly hairs, but is not spiny, like the fruit of the female parent. 
These and other similar instances which could be cited from the writer’s experience, 
appear to confirm the idea that the influence of the female parent is more strongly ex- 
pressed in the habit, character of growth and constitution of the vine, bush or tree, while 
the influence of the male is more distinctly seen in the form, colour and quality of the 
fruit; and in the case of hybrid grapes, in the size and form of the seeds also. 
