EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT. 333 



The "Black Snake," "Black Pekin" and "Dwarf Purple" all 

 have the purple color of the exposed portions of the fruit absent 

 from the protected part beneath the calyx. In the "Black Snake" 

 the exposed surface of the fruit is a fresh light green, while that 

 of the "Dwarf Purple" is nearly white (or a very pale green), 

 and the "Pekin" has a shade of blue somewhat between the two, 

 but more like the "Black Snake" than the "Dwarf Purple." 



The "Jersey Belle" has a large calyx with several unequal 

 lobes that extend down from the green stem and enclose the fruit 

 until it is two inches in length. It is also' thick, somewhat ribbed, 

 with a few "spines" near the base, and has the prevailing color 

 green with some showing of purple upon both the outside and 

 the inside, the latter appearing as broad, irregular veins as the 

 lobes are lifted for inspection. Upon the other hand, the "Dwarf 

 Purple" has a small thin calyx that extends from the purple stem 

 only a short way upon the fruit, often in only two lobes, and is 

 of a deep purple upon the outside, pale purple beneiath and not 

 showing distinct veins. Prickles or "spines" are rarely met with 

 upon the calyx, and those upon the fruit stalk are small and 

 inoffensive. 



The cross between the twO' above-mentioned sorts is more 

 like the "Dwarf Purple" in its calyx than the other parent, being 

 purple throughout the whole exterior, including the fruit stalk. 

 The color is not sO' deep as in the "Dwfeirf" parent, and there are 

 strong indications of the "blood" of the "Jersey Belle" in the 

 ribs and the prickles — the grooves in the stem in particular show- 

 ing streaks of green; the under surface of the calyx is purplish 

 green. In size the calyx is medium between the two parents and, 

 therefore, extends over the fruit much further than in the 

 "Dwarf Purple." The point of particular interest is the color 

 of the surface of the fruit beneath the calyx, which is a pale 

 purple or dark pink and shows belts of deeper color at the lower 

 margin where, by growth, the fruit has extended beyond the 

 calyx. 



In the "Dwarf Purple," when the calyx is removed the area 

 it covered is seen with distinctness; the purple meets the pale 

 green sharply. In the young fruits this line is less pronounced, 



