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the "Adams" with its fine plump ears and many straight rows of 

 grains. This is worthy of a trial by those who wish a reliable 

 sweet corn. The crosses of the "Golden Bantam" (an early yel- 

 low sweet corn) with the "Country Gentleman," "Stowell's 

 Evergreen," and others are promising to combine the rich, long 

 grains with an earlier maturing of the plant. A large part of 

 the work with the corn crosses upon the "Smock Land" has been 

 neutralized by the unfavorable season and soil, but in many in- 

 stances seed enough was obtained tO' prevent the loss of a year in 

 the progress of the experiments. 



With tomatoes, the work of the year has been mainly to make 

 progress toward a fruit of marketable size, with a long axis and 

 an interior made up largely of flesh with many small seed cavities. 

 To this end those sorts with a large apple-shaped fruit have been 

 bred with the "plum" and "pear" types of fruits, and it is a 

 pleasure to record by means of a plate that a hopeful advance has 

 been made. Among the two thousand plants upon the Home 

 Grounds, there were some crosses so full of promise that seeds, 

 are to be offered for a trial by those who may desire to test them.. 

 Some of these are early, while others show merit as plants for 

 the home garden. Some new types have come to light among to- 

 matoes — one in particular combining the "Currant" and "Pon- 

 derosa" that is remarkable for both its shape and flavor. As 

 usu^il, the freaks have not been slow in making their presence 

 known — as, for example, a cross with the "peach" that is deeply 

 ribbed like a squash, and of remarkably large size. 



The eggplants did not make as large a growth of plant as 

 usual, the cold, backward spring being unfavorable, but as the 

 season drew to a close the showing of fruit was fine. A large 

 number of crosses were grown, and of these "Long White" upon- 

 "New York Improved" (11/18) has given a satisfactory fruit in 

 size, shape and color, and, under the name of "Ivory," its seed 

 will be distributed. Further points of interest have developed 

 among the hybrids between the "American" and "Chinese" spe- 

 cies ; by increasing the blood of the former the size of the hybrid 

 fruits has been much enlarged, and thus hope is brightened that 

 a combination of economic importance may be made. The way 

 seems open for the production of a truly spineless eggplant. 



