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"Fortane.Earliana'' (53/33). 



The 'TortunG" is a variety that has made a ^rxxl reoHvl in its 

 crosses for the past two years. The plants, as a riih^, are larj^e and 

 strong and medium as tO' time of ]>earing the crop. A combination 

 with the ''Earliana," in which "Fortune" is crossed ujwn the 

 hybrid of "Earliana," is shown at 1 in Plate VII. It is seen that 

 the interior is quite solid and yet is somewhat l)r(jkon by the seed 

 ■cavities. The wall is of good thickness and the fruit is larjre 

 enough, as indicated by the label (an inch square) bearing the 

 record numerals of the kind and character of the cross. There was 

 some variation among the plants as to the smoothness of the fruit 

 £ind seed was saved only from the most desirable. 



" Oiant-Ponderosa " (56 103). 



The cross between the two varieties named alxtve, as expected, 

 gave very large, long vines and fruits undesirably large and 

 irregular. The notes show that the fruits were an improvement 

 upon the "Ponderosa," but the only excuse for gi-owing this cross 

 would be that of a desire to see how large a crop could l)e i>ro- 

 duced. The ground, late in the season, was literally covered with 

 the enormous misshapen fruits. The first of the two fmits of this 

 cross, shown in sectional view at 2, is of the second generation as 

 indicated by the Eoman numerals upon the label, while the next 

 slice-view (3) is of a specially selected plant (c) of the previous 

 year. The second varies somewhat from the first in having the 

 lara:e center less broken by small seed cavities. It is not unli'cely 

 tha't this cross will be useful in breeding for solidity and com- 

 parative seedlessness, l)ut, in itself, it is not desirable except for an 

 enormous crop. 



"Honor Bright-Fortune" 60 53 . 



Somewhat similar to the fruit of the '"Fortune-Earliana" is the 

 one in slic^view showni at -i, where, as sho^^^l by the label, the 

 ''blood" of the ''Fortune" makes up three-quarters of the whole. 

 The five plants were all stout, showing none of the yellow foliage 

 <'ommon to the "Honor Brioht" and bore a large, late crop of red, 



