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orange-colored fruits, of quite a different type than had heretotore 

 been obtained. The central portion of the plant with roots and 

 short main stem removed, is shown bottom side up (for conveni- 

 ence in photographing) in Plate XV., the longer branches for half 

 their length having been cut away, together with a large number 

 of the smaller fruits. The calyx, stem and leaves are absolutely 

 spineless, which is one of the important results of the breeding- 

 together of the two species, both of which abound generally in. the 

 undesirable prickles. 



With this plant, the "Ivory" and the "Round White" have been 

 bred with the hope of gaining size in the fruit and retaining some- 

 what of the firmness of the flesh so that long shipment may be 

 made with safety. 



"Pepper-leaved" Hybrid Eggplant. 



Another plant of the 25// 14/25 set, grown the present season, 

 has shown remarkable deviation from the average by being quite 

 small and low, not of the strictly dwarf type as that term is under- 

 stood when used with peas, beans, and tomatoes. The plant in 

 question is very slender in stem and the leaves are thin, smooth, 

 dark green and nearly entire, thus giving the foliage much the 

 appearance of the garden red pepper (Capsicum annuuni), to 

 which it is not distantly related botanically. The fruits are medi- 

 um-sized for this generation of the hybrid, flatish, slightly corru- 

 gated and of a pale yellow color, the last characteristic being quite 

 in contrast with the prevailing deep orange of the other associated 

 plants. There being an entire absence of prickles makes this 

 plant still more desirable as the starting point for future breeding. 



"Dwarf Purple" and "Chinese" Eggplant Hybrids. 



The "Dwarf Purple" and "Chinese" eggplant reciprocal 

 hybrids have been grown the present season in both the blend and 

 the first generation thereafter. The blend plants of the "Dwarf 

 Purples" upon "Chinese" (6/25) made a row of plants very uni- 

 form in size, midway between that of the two parents, and 

 bloomed abundantly. There was some variation among the plants 



