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"sickly" as might be inferred by their general appearance, being 

 good bearers of medium-sized, smooth, pale yellow fruits with a 

 good interior. Aside from being an interesting novelty, this 

 cross is being used to aid in completing the classification scheme. 



"Vellozv Princc-Ciirrant-Champion' (148//177/154). The 

 plants of this blend were of sturdy, upright growth with dark 

 green leaves intermediate between the fine and coarse type of 

 foliage. The clusters of red fruits, which were as large as the 

 "plum" but apple shaped, were borne in abundance. This is a 

 promising strain for preserving and the stems being nearly 

 smooth add to its interest as a breeder. 



"Station Ycllo-cC-Divarf Stone" (210/169). Plants, grown 

 from the selected seed of 1907 were upright and medium late in 

 season, bearing good-sized, smooth fruits of an orange color, 

 very striking when compared with the ordinary yellow tomato. 



"Station Y ellonj-Magniis'' (210/75). This cross has given, 

 as one of its strains, strong-growing, coarse-leaved plants asso- 

 ciated with pale yellow fruits, a rare combination of these two 

 characters which bred true in all the plants. 



" Acine-Arcadia-King Hnuihcrt-Ponderosa" ( 15//64/103). 

 This combination has given a "fig"-shaped type of fruit with the 

 interior of the "Ponderosa" and either pink or red-colored fruit. 

 By union with other crosses with pear-shaped fruits, possibly a 

 marketable-sized, many-celled "pear" fruit may be obtained. 



THE "currant" hybrids. 



The ten groups of fruits pictured in Plate IX represent nine 

 crosses containing "Currant" blood, the parent forms (177 and 

 103) being shown at i. This set illustrates a progressive series 

 in respect to size and interior from the small "Currant" to the 

 large "Ponderosa" sort. All are associated with practically 

 smooth-stemmed plants and, with the exception of 2, 3 and 10 

 represent the blend stage. 



The first generation of "Currant-Ponderosa" (177/103 I) is 

 represented by the fruits at 2, whose size and shape combined 

 with form of cluster, approach 177. The average fruit in cross 

 section shows the numerous seeds which crowd the locules and 

 is a further indication that the smaller-fruited parent dominates 

 the cross. 



Fruits of "Currant Dwarf Champion" (177/154) pictured at 

 3, are of the selected type which has been carried to the fourth 

 generation. The influence of 177 is shown in the cluster form; 

 the fruits similar to those at 2 in shape and interior but smaller. 



