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6. "Magiiiis-Pojidcrosa" (75/130). — {"Magncrosa" 227). 

 This cross gave fruits in some cases whose polar axis surpassed 

 even that of "Magnus." During 1907, fruits with very promis- 

 ing length as well as good interior were obtained and, after fur- 

 ther inbreeding and selection, a block of one hundred plants was 

 grown this year, one-half of which have given fine, long, medium 

 sized, pink fruits with a solid interior. Such excellent results 

 from this cross show that work within two standard varieties 

 proves effective in gaining a desired end. Eleven fruits of this 

 variety are shown in basket 2 in Plate VI I L 



7. ''Magncrosa-Earliana-Jcivd" (227//33/66). Plants of 

 this combination have given, in the majority of cases, a good- 

 sized, medium long, smooth, red fruit which, by selection 

 promises a red "goose-egg." 



8. "Magnerosa-Giant-Glohe" (227//56/194). This cross has 

 given some very interesting plants, whose medium-sized, long 

 fruits possessed the peculiar green color noted under 26/103, and 

 when ripe turned to the characteristic "peach" pink color. Nine 

 fruits of this cross are shown at 3 in Plate VIII. 



9. "Magnus-Ponderosa-Siimatra Fig" (227///103//103/181 ). 

 This compound cross involved three varieties and was repre- 

 sented by sixty plants, many of which produced fruits of good 

 length, as shown in basket 4 of Plate VIII. The fruits did not 

 average as large as those in basket i where there was, in addition 

 the blood of "Magnus" and "Globe." 



10. "Magnerosa-Globe-Magiius" (227//194/75). The plants 

 under this group were strong growers and prolific bearers of 

 good-sized, long "apple," pink fruits whose interior was above 

 the average and resembled that of the "Magnerosa." The fruits 

 in themselves were not long enough for a "goose-egg" but fur- 

 nished an excellent interior to combine with length as found in 

 the "Ponderosa-Fig." 



Comparing the above crosses as a whole with the ideal, the 

 form is found to be nearer realization than the internal structure. 

 When once the "goose-egg" form is fixed, individuals which 

 combine with it the best interior should be bred together and 

 selection then made with the ideal of internal structure in mind. 



LESS PROMISING CROSSES. 



"Earliana-Jezvcl" (33/66). The fruits of this combination, 

 while longer than those of the "apple" type, are medium-sized 

 and seldom give more than four locules to a tomato. Combina- 

 tions of this union, however, with larger-fruited crosses as, for 

 example, 33/66///227//194/75, give more promise. 



