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testimony. The shape is all that can be desired, for they are 

 convenient to handle in the market, are desired by the housewife 

 for the convenient size for slicing, both for cooking and serving 

 upon the table. The seeds are in the lower half of the fruit, as 

 ^hown by the sample that is cut lengthwise and bearing a light 

 gray paper an inch square to indicate the size of the fruit and 

 the whiteness of the interior. If there is an objection to this fruit, 

 it is in the absence of color to the exterior, which is so clear a white 

 as not to be adequately described in this respect by the name 

 "Ivory" that has been given to it. All who have had an oppor- 

 tunity to test the quality of this vegetable fruit are highly pleased 

 with it and, aside from its desirable size and shape and pure 

 whiteness, remarks most encouraging of the flesh, which shows 

 its fine light color even after it reaches the table, have been freely 

 offered. 



The "Jersey Pink." 



A few words will suffice for this variety for, in giving the 

 origin of the "Ivory," that of the "Jersey Pink" is necessarily in- 

 cluded, for both are alike in parentage and differ practically only 

 in the color of the fruit, and that of the plant stems and leaves. 

 At the time when the fruits are ready for market, the color is a 

 rich pink but as they mature this is diminished somewhat. 



In this variety there will be a small percentage of plants with 

 white fruits but the practical grower may discard these as soon 

 as observed. Theoretically, certain plants have none of the white 

 blood and these, if isolated, would breed true, that is, produce 

 no white offspring but as in similar cases the separation is not 

 an easy matter all at once save by isolation or hand pollination. 



The "Jersey Pink," to a very limited extent, was distributed 

 to growers under the name of "Station Eggplant No. 2." This 

 season adds emphasis to the footnote made in the report for last 

 season that eggplant seedlings are not easy to grow. 



