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because the growing fruit causes a series of fine bars or "waves" 

 suggesting the shore hne of the sea when near a calm. 



The "Jersey Belle" shows, even in the young fruit, the purple 

 color beneath the calyx, and when the latter is lifted there is no 

 indication in color as to the portion that was unexposed. When 

 the base of the fruit is reached the purple color ceases and the 

 border is white and, meeting the purple in an irregular line, 

 somewhat blends in a pale purple belt. 



The cross shows an interesting blending of the two parents. 

 When the calyx is lifted there are seen broad wave lines of 

 purple near the base of the area covered, due (as before ex- 

 plained) to- the extending of the fruit in growth beneath the 

 calyx; and extending from the complex border is a light purple 

 that fades into a very pale green as the base of the calyx is 

 reached. In other words, the pure dark purple of the one parent 

 and the pale green of the other is replaced by a fair average of 

 the two, namely, the pale purple above mentioned. 



In general terms, the above statement obtains with the cross 

 of the "Jersey Belle" upon the "Black Snake" with this differ- 

 ence, that, as above mentioned, the "Black Snake" has much more 

 green under the calyx than the "Dwarf Purple," and the cross 

 shows a corresponding increase in the green. As the "Black 

 Snake" is inclined to be streaked, so the cross shows this feature 

 even under the calyx. It is noted in passing that, as the "Black 

 Snake" is a "spineless" sort, the cross has some individual plants 

 without prickles upon the calyx. 



In the purple fruits of the "Long White-Black Snake" cross 

 the calyx is large, long-pointed, with lobes that incline to be re- 

 tuse and a mixed purple and green, as is also the fruit stalk. 

 Under the calyx border are the usual bands of unequal purple, 

 while the main portion of the area is green, corresponding closely 

 to that of the "Black Snake." So far as color is concerned, the 

 cross is the same as the color-bearing parent — the white seeming 

 tO' have no influence upon the amount of purple present. 



