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No. 14. This and the two following are variations in the 

 same combination, in which the "Chinese" makes up three- 

 fourths of the blood according to the following fractional for- 

 mula 25// 1 4/25, with "Fordhook" as the male parent in the 

 first union, upon which hybrid the "Chinese" was again bred. 

 The fruit represented is a flat, orange, corrugated specimen 

 closely adhering to the "Chinese" type, judged both from the 

 exterior and within, as shown at 14 among the slices. 



No. 15. From the same combination comes a plant bearing 

 large numbers of small, smooth, shining fruits, a cluster of 

 which is shown at 15. While in themselves commercially worth- 

 less, they show a reduction of the seed-cavities plainly to two, as 

 seen in the slice, that relates the eggplant in this regard to the 

 two-celled ovary present in a large number of the fruits of the 

 order to which the parents of the hybrid in question belong. 



No. 16. In some respects, particularly in the hardiness of the 

 exterior, its smoothness and two seed-cavities, this specimen 

 resembles the last but the fruit is much larger and long, egg- 

 shaped. 



No. 17. In this clus-ter of three very attractive apple-shaped 

 fruits with a pale lilac upon a white back-ground, there is an 

 introduction of the "Ivory" (26) in addition to the "Fordhook" 

 of the original combination so that the formula is 26//14/25, 

 which the reader will easily translate for himself. The interior 

 of the fruits, of which there is an enormous number upon the 

 plant, is as white in flesh as that of the "snow" apple and, were 

 it not for the strong impress of the "Chinese" in large cavities 

 and abundant seed, there would be reasonable hope of quickly 

 developing fruit of high keeping-quality. A plant of this com- 

 bination is shown in Plate XVIII. 



No. 18. This fruit is one of many upon the plant having the 

 same "blood" as the last but of a dark color and bell-shaped with 

 ridges at the broader end. The flesh in this is good and nearly 

 white with the seed-cavities not strongly in evidence and it may 

 prove an acceptable subject for further breeding. 



No. 19. Here the "American" and "Chinese" are equally 

 represented under the formula 26/25// 14/25, that is, the 

 "Ivory" and the "Fordhook" are pitted against the "Chinese," 

 the latter being bred with each and then the two hybrids com- 

 bined. It is of special interest to note that the white color of the 

 "Ivory" is dominant while the shape is largely that of the "Ford- 

 hook," and the interior has a remarkable reduction of the seed- 

 cavities which, in general structure, conform closely to the 

 "Chinese." 



