EXPERIMENT STATION EEPOET. 435 



''Jersey Belle" upon "Exoelsior Tree"-flO/7). 



Oiilj five plants of this cross were grown the present season, 

 two of them being of the standard type with broad leaves showing, 

 but little purple color in the stems and the fruits of particularly 

 attractive form, a long bell with a rich purplei color; the record 

 book has underscored against this type of this cross the word 

 ^'promising," A representative of the fruit is given at 6. 



"Long 'White" upon 'Black Snake "-(ll/2). 



There were ten plants of this cross and all of them were tall with 

 purple in both leaves and stems. The long, cylindrical fruits were 

 seasonable, some of them purple and others decidedly green, some- 

 what striped and turning yellow when ripe. The specimen shown 

 at 7 gives some idea of the marking upon the fruit above men- 

 tioned. The plants of this cross were particularly noticeable be- 

 cause of their extra, height and the long, slender fruits, borne' in 

 considerable numbers and which are particularly adapted for 



slicing. 



"liong 'White" upon "Black Beauty "-(11 /4). 



Eleven very fine, thrifty plants of this cross were grown and 

 attracted much attention on account of the large size and fine form 

 and coloring of the fruits (8) which they produced. All the 

 plants were green throughout in stem and foliage, of medium 

 height, came into bearing promptly and held out through the long 

 season, giving great promise for this combination. It is noted 

 that the blend repi'esented by this set of plants showed nothing 

 of the color of the white parent, the fruits being of a particularly 

 rich dark purple. 



"Pride of Snnnyside" upon "Black Beauty "-(20/4). 



The thirteen plants representing this cross were all of small size, 

 rather broad-leaved, with purple color and foliage, and younger 

 branches late in coming into bearing and not very fruitful. A 

 sample of the fruit is shown at 9. 



