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pie" and the New York Improved," and is here introduced as a 

 parent in a cross upon the "Black Snake" shown at 8. This com- 

 bination results in a medium tall plant with a blending of the qual- 

 ities of the two parents as fully in all respects as they are shown 

 for the fruit. Bear in mind that the two end fruits, one over the 

 other, are the parent types of the one shown at 8. The curvature 

 of the "Black Snake" has been extracted entirely in the instance 

 illustrated but some of the fruits show a bend that might be ex- 

 pected. In the blend fruit there is to be seen both the fine purple 

 of the "Jersey Belle" and the obscure green striping of the "Black 

 Snake." This is shown in the photograph (lost in the engraving) 

 and is highly interesting to the breeder but possibly might be ob- 

 jected to by the judge of vegetables at the horticultural shows. 

 For the home garden, this cross is recommended because it is 

 prolific, the plants are tall and the fruits are held up from the soil ; 

 it is practically spineless and the shape and size are very desirable 

 for economic handling and preparation for and serving at the 

 table. 



The "Jersey Belle" upon "Dwarf Purple" blend fruit is shown 

 at 9, and here again the greater differences are in the plants them- 

 selves, for one parent is a medium tall type and the other a dwarf. 

 The fruit is of a larger size than the "Dwarf Purple" and usually 

 without the curve that is often seen in the parent. An interesting 

 blend of characters is seen in the color of the fruit flesh beneath 

 the calyx ; in the "Jersey Belle," the color is practically the same 

 all over the fruit clear up to the insertion of the stem, while, as 

 pointed out before, that of the "Dwarf Purple" beneath the calyx 

 is white. In the blend the color is a light pink as is indicated in 

 the photograph for the portion exposed by the removal of the 

 calyx lobe. It may be added here that when the fruit surface is 

 exposed, as in these instances, the color soon develops there as 

 elsewhere on the fruit. 



At 10 is shown a specimen fruit of the "Long White" ; this is 

 a slender, nearly straight fruit with a pale green color and is in- 

 troduced here as one of the parents of the blend fruit shown at 

 II, namely, "Long White" upon "Black Sn^ke." It is interesting 

 as being an instance where the combination increases the size, but 

 probably the fruit shown is above the average in bulk. Both the 



