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taken. The blend fruit is decidedly curved, but not as much so 

 as the male parent ; the color is a combination of the two parents, 

 thus giving- an indistinct showing of stripes in which green plays 

 a much disguised part, while the calyx is like the "Black Snake" 

 in some features, but of a purple approaching the mother. The 

 color of the fruit under the calyx is less white than the one and 

 more green than the other parent. These items are dwelt upon 

 to impress the fact that the union of two dissimilar sorts in its 

 first offspring, the blend, is an almost amusing reflection of both 

 parents, the analogue of which is seen in the blending met with in 

 human families. 



At 4 is a small fruit of the "Black Pekin," characterized by 

 being practically round, of a dark purple, and, like the "Dwarf 

 Purple," nearly white beneath the calyx lobes, as indicated in the 

 engraving. The plants are tall and purple in stem and leaf. 

 When this variety is bred to the "Black Snake," the first season 

 shows plants of great uniformity and fruits, as at 5. This fruit 

 is nearly straight, and of considerable length and size, showing 

 that from the economic standpoint this cross may exceed in value 

 the one that was last considered. As the parents are both tall 

 and slender, the offspring is likewise of the same class, holding its 

 long pendent fruits often a foot above the ground, which is a 

 desirable feature when the matter of decay is considered. The 

 markings of this blend are all a linion of those of the parents, 

 with the addition that the first year is characterized by a profuse 

 bloom and a large yield of fruits. 



The fruit at 6 is from a blend plant of the "Black Pekin" upon 

 "Dwarf Purple," that is, a combination of those whose fruits 

 are shown at 4 and 3 — the male being given first as always in 

 mentioning a cross. Here the great differences are in the plants 

 themselves, for one is a tall type and the other a dwarf and, as a 

 result, a medium-sized plant is obtained of considerable merit. 

 The fruit is neither a sphere as in the "Black Pekin" nor a long 

 "pear" produced by the "Dwarf Purple," but is somewhat oval 

 and not handsome with a stem that is as stout as that of the 

 "Pekin." 



At 7 is shown a small sample of the "Jersey Belle," a variety 

 produced some years since by breeding together the "Long Pur- 



