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No. 20. The same combination as the last is represented here 

 and, while the shape and size are not far different, the color is 

 unusual in that the indifferent mingling of green and purple soon 

 changes to a true bright orange, making these fruits with their 

 fine shape and smooth, shining exterior the most attractive of all 

 to the eye. 



No. 21. The last three numbers of this assemblage of hybrid 

 fruits are with the "Round White" (29) as the last introduc- 

 tion to the combination, the formula being 29/25// 14/25 and, 

 therefore, the "Chinese" is repeated while "Round White" and 

 "Fordhook" appear but once. The fruits, strongly marked 

 throughout with the white color, are flat and somewhat ribbed 

 and with an interior showing the loose seed-cavities that charac- 

 terize the "Chinese." A further introduction of the "American" 

 blood, thus reducing the "Chinese," gives promise of the attain- 

 ment of a desired end. 



No. 22. In this the fruits are very numerous, much resem- 

 bling those of No. 17 in surface color but more strongly lilac 

 and the white interior less occupied with the seed-cavities. In 

 the sectional view (22) this feature is quite evident. In this 

 hybrid, the formula is 29// 14/25, and therefore the "Ameri- 

 can" makes up three-fourths of the blood. 



No. 23. This is the same as the last in its combinations but 

 differs widely from it in the size, shape and color of the fruits, 

 in these respects resembling the "Fordhook." The section is 

 quite disappointing, for while it is generally upon the plan shown 

 in 22 it is more like the "Chinese" and, therefore, less desirable. 



EGGPLANT HYBRIDS. 



The table below describes five plants of the "Dwarf Purple- 

 Scarlet Chinese" hybrid (6/25) in the second generation, being 

 the oft'spring of B-5 grown in 1907, which was tall and spiny 

 with purple stem and leaves and produced seventy-one fruits. 



Size. 



Color. 



Leaves 



Spines. 



Medium smooth. . 



Medium smooth. . 



. . Medium smooth. . 



Smooth 



Smooth 



Yes. 

 No. 

 No. 

 Yes. 

 Yes. 



Flowers. 



Purple 



Pale purple. 

 Pale purple. 



White 



Purple 



Number of 

 Fruits. 



14 



11 



9 



