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Indian Colza or Sarson. 



Prain states that there are two races of sarson in Bengal — 

 one with erect pods and one with pendent pods. Sarson readily 

 sets seed under bag and a certain amount of self-fertilization is 

 therefore to be expected in free-flowering plants. 



Forty- eight single plants of white seeded sarson w^ere sown in 

 1909. The splitting which took place was in two directions, (a) as 

 regards the colour of the seeds, red or white, and (6) as regards the 

 erect or pendent nature of the pods. 



Forty-five out of the 48 plants bred true as regards seed colour, 

 the remaining three giving rise to red and white seeded plants as 

 follows : — 



The red seeded plants are probably natural crosses in the F, 

 generation. These will be sown separately this year and the pro- 

 geny examined. 



Out of eleven plants with pendent pods sown seven bred true 

 and four split as follows (Fig. 2, Plate IX) : — 



Thirty-seven plants with erect pods were sown and of these 

 28 bred true, while 9 spht into erect and slightly pendent pods as 

 follows : — 



