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"Aristocrat-Lemon Blnsh'' 149 14*7'. 



The above cross is l)ct\vet'n a rcd-fniittMl dwarf ( "Avistdcrat" ) 

 and a yellow standard sort. Only the standard ])lants were selected 

 from the seed bed for setting' in the field. The "Lemon jJlnsh" is 

 remarkable .for its gTeat vigor and hcalthfulness of vines. The 

 five plants all chanced to be red-frnited and, therefore, as t«» ty])c 

 of plant, standard and color of frnit, there was nniformity. T\hi 

 row was a good one and the fniit section shown at is a fair 

 sample of the whole and presents to view a well disj)(»se(l center 

 and a tliick wall, while in shape it. leaves but little to be (le>ir<Ml. 



"Dwarf Stone-Enormous" 170 44'. 



Upon ''Visitor's Day" (Angiist 17th), when several liundre<l 

 persons interested in crop-gTowing viewed the Garden, there was 

 no row of plants that received more favorable comment than that 

 of the "Dwarf Stone" npon the ''Enonnous." Many other crosses 

 were past their prime but this was at its best. The plants were all 

 of the standard type, the dwarfs (al)Out one-fourth in all such 

 crosses) having been discarded when the others were removed from 

 the seed bed. Perhaps the leading feature of attraction was the 

 line bright red color of the fiiiits, combined with satisfactory size 

 and smoothness. The center of one of the fmits is shown at 10 

 and it is seen to lack somewhat in solidity, but there is an entire 

 absence of any hard green core, so objectionable in some varieties. 

 It is too soon to judge of the merits of tliis cross but it may Iw 

 offered for a general test. Of course it is not an early tonuito. 



'Globe-Duke of York" (194 32). 



The "Globe"— a novelty sent out in 1U05— was bred to several 

 varieties last year and these crosses have been studied the present 

 season. A fruit slide of the above cross is shown at 11, but it does 

 not do full justice to the cross because of lack of fruit when the 

 photogi-aph was taken. The "Globe," as the name^ suggests, has 

 a fiiiit with a long polar axis and the combination with the "Duko 

 of York" did not materially improve the center. Tn vigor an.l 



