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reduced to two, a fact that obtains generally in the many other 

 species of the large family to which the tomato belongs. 



A study of the larger-fruited cultivated sorts shows that the 

 calyx is c|uite variable in the number of lobes to the calyx and 

 their size, shape and arrangement ; six "teeth" are very fre- 

 quently met with in the garden sorts of the smooth or "apple" 

 type of fruit but these six may be long and slender or broad and 

 blunt, two or three may be blended at the base thus giving a very 

 irregular appearance to the whole calyx. 



In the broad flat fruits, having many seed-cavities, the calyx 

 teeth are often double those in the simple fruits of the "plum" or 

 "pear" types. In these instances, all four sets of floral organs 

 have undergone an increase of number and from the two remain- 

 ing, namely, the calyx teeth and the seed cavities, the number of 

 stamens and lobes to the corolla can be inferred with some degree 

 of accuracy. In like manner, a glance at a corolla when the 

 flower is in bloom gives an indication of the internal structure of 

 the fruit that is to develop therefrom. 



The length of the calyx "teeth" is in some degree correlated 

 with the length of the fruit, that is, a long slender calyx is asso- 

 ciated with the "pear" and "plum" types of fruit and short, broad 

 lobes are an index of a flat fruit. In the case of the "pear," the 

 long slender neck of the fruit accentuates to the eye the size 

 of the calyx. 



There is likewise some relation between the length of the plant 

 and that of the calyx for all dwarfs, so far as studied, have a 

 broad, short-toothed calyx, while the very long-growing "Cur- 

 rant" has a calyx that is large and out of ordinary ratio to the 

 other parts of the fruit ; in this respect, not correlating with the 

 length of the fruit. The short calyx among dwarfs is to be 

 expected where all parts are abbreviated as, for example, the fruit 

 stem to which the calyx is attached. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH EGGPLANTS. 



The commercial varieties of eggplants were quite generally 

 represented upon the experiment grounds, to wdiich the follow- 

 ing three novelties were added this season: 



31. "New Tree, or Upright:' This variety resembles the 

 "Florida High Bush" and is a good bearer of late, purple, bell- 

 shaped fruits that do not keep well. 



7,2. "Purple Tokio." This sort is so close to the "Black 

 Pekin" as not to be easily distinguished from it, but it seems 

 larger in plant and less productive. 



