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inf'<liuiii size averaged four fruits imd the five below niediuui had 

 (jne hundred and ten fruits. The two dwarfs bore fifty-seven 

 fruits while the two "giants" were entirely barren. In this set 

 of hybrids there was a direct correlation of fruitfulness and small 

 size, besides it was the dwarfs that jti'odneed the largest and finest 

 specimens of fruits. 



If, l)y further exjx?rimentation, it is found that the dwarfs con- 

 tinue to be small-sized and fruitful, it will suggest that this char- 

 acteristic type of plant may have its origin in breeding even when 

 the parents are of the standard forms. 



''Pride of Snnnyslde" upon ''Scarlet Chinese "-20 25>. 



This set of fourteen plants was most remarkable in its vegeta- 

 tive power, producing enormous plants five and more feet high and 

 proportionately broad, the leaves being uniformly quite large and 

 slightly tinged with purple. As a whole, these two races of giant 

 plants were nearly fruitless. The specimens that were obtained 

 at the close of the season were usually smaller than those of the 

 "Chinese" parent. The plants were extremely tliorny, more so 

 than any other hybrids that have thus far been grown, and exceed- 

 ing to a large extent the spinose nature of the "Chinese" parent. 

 One peculiarity, noted in this hybrid for the first time, is the 

 pinkish color of the young, growing fruits, this color being held 

 until near maturity, when it is displaced by a dull orange resem- 

 bling slightly that of the "Chinese" parent. This color is evidently 

 taken from the "American" eggplant, as it agrees perfectly in 

 shade with those of our ordinary purple eggplants. In the lower 

 half of Plate XL is shown a collection of the fruits of this hybrid 

 from eighteen plants at different ages of maturity in ecuitrast with 

 the "American" parent upon the left hand (1), while the 

 "Chinese" (20) is shown upon the extreme right. 



The small size of the hybrid fruits is sho^\^l by comparing the 

 eighteen samples with the parents. Some attempts have been made 

 to arrange the several specimens so as to place those most favoring 

 the "American" type at the left hand, and as there is no marked 

 difference to be noted, it is very evident that, so far as the fruits 

 . are concerned, they are quite uniformly alike in this set of blend 

 plants. It is not until the next generation of plants is matured 



