326 NEW JERSEY STATE AGRICULTURAL 



Mother plant lo was a giant with purple stems and large leaves and few 

 fruits. 



No. 1,. 

 2,. 

 3,. 

 4,. 

 5,. 

 6,. 

 T, ■ 

 8,. 



Medium, 

 Tall, . . 

 Tall, . . 

 Tall, . . 

 Medium, 

 Tall, .. 

 Medium, 

 Medium, 



Color. 



Green, 

 Green, 

 Green, 

 Green, 

 Green, 

 Green, 

 Green, 

 Green, 



Wrinkled, 

 Wrinkled, 

 Wrinkled, 

 Wrinkled, 

 Wrinkled, 

 Wrinkled, 

 Wrinkled, 

 Wrinkled, 



Spines. 



Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 No, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 



Flowers. 



White, 



White, 



White, 



White, 



None, 



None, 



None, 



None, 



No. of 

 Fruits. 



24 



1* 

 23 







1» 





 31 

 11* 



Mother plant 14 was medium-sized with green stem and leaves, spiny and 

 bore 27 fruits. 



Size. 



Dwarf, 

 Dwarf, 

 Medium 

 Medium 

 Tall, .. 

 Tall, .. 

 Tall, . . 

 Dwarf, 



Color. 



Green, 

 Green, 

 Green, 

 Green, 

 Purple, 

 Green, 

 Purple, 

 Green, 



Wrinkled, 

 Smooth, . 

 Wrinkled, 

 Wrinkled, 

 Smooth, . 

 Wrinkled, 

 Smooth, . 

 Smooth, . 



Spines. 



No, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 

 Yes, 



None, . . 

 None, . . 

 None, . . 

 None, . . 

 Purplish, 

 None, . . 

 Purplish, 

 None, . . 



No. of 



Fruits. 





 

 

 



56 

 7 



21 

 



In fruit characteristics, there was considerable range; beyond 

 the variations noted in previous years, some plants were with 

 fruits of a decidedly yellow color, which is quite unusual and may 

 throw some light upon the way such novelties come into existence. 

 There was one plant that produced fruits that were russet-coated 

 similar to^ this constant character in some varieties of apples. Per- 

 haps the most striking of all the new shapes is the true egg form 

 that is constant with a quite fruitful dwarf plant. 



The Orange Oval Hybrid Eggplant. 



In addition to being of a low, wide-spreading form as stated 

 above, this plant bore an abundance of smooth, egg-shaped, 



