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FLOWERS, GREEN CLUSTERS AND RIPE GRAPES 



Clusters picked on October 2 from one of the original true hermaphrodite vines, HI. The}^ 

 show the berry characters, and also show that fruit of all sizes is to be found at one time, 

 from the ripe berry to the blossom. This extends the season of the fruit advantageously. 

 Four-fifths natural size. (Fig. 14.) 



killed to the ground during the severe 

 winter of 1911-12, but sprouted and 

 has not since shown injury. Vines 

 propagated by cuttings from it are now 

 fruiting in the varietal collection. 



In 1912 sufficient pollen of H2 was 

 available to permit limited crossing, 

 from which one Scuppernong cross, 

 seven James crosses, and five selfed 

 crosses are now fruiting. The seedling 

 of Scuppernong parentage is a female, 

 but subsequent crosses have shown that 

 this w^as merely chance. Had there 

 been more seedlings produced, some 

 would undoubtedly have been her- 

 maphrodites. Of the seven. James 

 crosses, three are hermaphrodites and 

 four females. One of the hermaphro- 

 dites is the dark type and very similar 

 to James in fimit quality, while the other 

 six seedlings are of the light type, bear- 

 ing light fruit. The two light her- 

 maphrodites are much like James in 

 habit, but light-fruited. We thus have 

 not only a hermaphroditic equivalent 



for James in the dark seedling, but a 

 new type which can be described as a 

 hermaphroditic, light-fruited combina- 

 tion of James and Scuppernong. Of 

 the five self -pollinated seedlings of H2, 

 all are of the light type, all hermaphro- 

 dites, all markedly self-fertile, and all 

 very similar to the parent. 



In 1913 sufficient bloom was produced 

 on H2 to pollinate the leading varieties 

 and some of our best female seedlings. 

 The object of this work was to produce 

 hermaphrodites so nearly resembling the 

 present leading varieties in fruit qualities 

 as to permit substitution, and also to 

 produce hermaphroditic combinations 

 between the standard variety types. 

 During the season of 1916 the seedlings 

 resulting from this 1913 work began 

 fruiting, and the results, while not all 

 that might be desired, are very encour- 

 aging. In addition to some new fniit- 

 type"^ seedlings having the hermaphro- 

 ditic bloom character, we apparently 

 have now what might be characterized 



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