A TRIPLE FRUIT 



OF THE FOSTER 



VARIETY 



(above) 

 As the fruit de- 

 v^eloped , usually one 

 or two of the lobes 

 would develop nor- 

 mally, the others 

 being abortive and 

 dropping or being 

 forced off the pedi- 

 cel by the develop- 

 ing lobes. (Fig. 10.) 



A FIVE-LOBED 

 ABNORMALITY 



(below) 



This five-lobed 

 abnormality in the 

 peach resulted from 

 the fertilization of 

 five pistils in the 

 same flower and 

 contained five pits. 

 Normal develop- 

 ment ceased about 

 mid-season. (Fig. 

 11.) 



