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NATURAL CROSS- FERTILIZATION IN INDIA, 



Triticum vulgare, Vill. var. graecum, Kcke. 

 In the plots of this bearded variety with smooth white chaff 

 and white grain a large number of aberrant plants were found 

 in 1908 which split up in 1909 as follows : — 



No. 



1.V2 



153 



1.54 



155 



156 

 and 

 157 



158 



159 



160 



Parent ear, 1908. 



Progeny, 1909. 



Beardless, chaff smooth white, 

 grain white. 



Slightly bearded, chaff red 

 slightly felted, grain red. 



Do. 



do. 



Bearded, chaff smooth red, 

 grain white. 



Bearded, chaff felted white, 

 grain red. 



Do. 



Do, 



Do. 



do. 



do. 



All (7) chaff smooth white, grain white. 



5 beardless. 



1 half bearded. 

 1 fully „ 



All (5) chaff slightly felted, grain white. 



1 bearded, chaff white. 



1 beardless, „ ,, 



3 slightly bearded, chaff red. 



All (3) slightly bearded, lax, grain white. 



1 chaff red felted. 



1 ,, white smooth. 



1 ,, felted white. 



All (9) bearded, chaff smooth crain white. 



6 chaff red. 



3 „ white. 



All bearded, chaff' felted white, grain red. In both 

 cases the various plants differed in the degree of 

 felting. 



All (11) bearded, chaff white. 

 6 densely felted, grain red. 

 1 densely „ „ white. 



4 slightly „ ,, red. 



All (6) bearded, chaff white, grain red. 



1 chaff smooth. 



2 „ lightly felted. 



3 ,, densely ,, 



All (11) bearded, chaff white, grain red. 

 1 chaff smooth. 



