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therefore, flabby ; the corrugated exterior had the fuzz of the 

 "peach." An attempt is made to show something of the pecuH- 

 arities of the fruit of this giant "peach" in Plate VII., along with 

 specimens from the other plants of the same set which were of 

 the "peach" coa4;ing and texture but took the red color from the 

 "Earliana." The card with record fraction is an inch square. 

 Seed was saved of the giant-fruited type only that its progeny 

 may be studied, without, however, much hope of valuable pi:ac- 

 tical results. 



"Earliana-Jewell" Cross (33/66). 



In this cross, the fruits were quite uniform and showed some 

 desirable length of the polar axis. On account of this and the 

 early crops of fine fruits, seed was saved from hand-worked 

 flowers. 



"Earliana-Bright and Early" Cross (33/14). 



The plants under this combination were of only medium size, 

 but the fruits were bright red and fine apple shape and a quantity 

 of seed was saved for possible distribution. 



Some "Giant" Crosses. 



The "Giant," as the name implies, is a variety that produces 

 large plants and exceptionally large fruits but of the flat type 

 often much ridged and with a solid core. A leading thought in 

 using it is to develop a fine, firm, fleshy center in the cross and, 

 at the same time, reduce the number of seeds. When worked 

 upon the "Globe," the result is a variable fruit usually without 

 great merit, but occasionally producing a long and ppinted tomato 

 of desirable size and showing a fine interior structure. 



A combination of the "Giant" with "Globe," "Bright and 

 Early," and "Nolte's Earliest" did not bring the desired shape, 

 structure or earliness. Much better results were obtained with the 

 quadruple cross of the "Giant," "Globe," "Earliana" and "Jewel," 

 from which strong plants with long fruits combined with earliness 



