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but a study has been begun upon a number of crops and the tomato 

 in particular. For example, notes were made as to size of plant 

 (at different ages), shape of leaves, type of inflorescence, varioiis 

 details of the fruit, &c., and a large amount of material was pre- 

 sei'ved for close study. Several lines of physiological experimenta- 

 tion were prosecuted in the greenhouse during the summer, upon 

 one of which Dr. Groth makes a preliminary record in this report. 



The work with beans has been largely with the dwarf snap and 

 lima sorts, following up lines that were projected some years ago; 

 especial attention being paid to a series of crosses between mottled 

 and white limas, some additional results of which are given in 

 this report. The study of the hybrids between snap beans and the 

 scarlet rnnner has been continued and a large number of attempts 

 to hybridize the snap and lima species are under way. An effort 

 has been made to list the una of the beans and determine whether 

 they are antagonistic or sympathetic in each case. 



With the sweet corn there have been a study of (1) the crosses 

 between standard sorts and typical western field varieties; (2) 

 the behavior of crosses when color of the grain is different, as the 

 "red," "ruby" and "Calico" sorts; (3) the flintiness in the grain, 

 and (4) the effect upon size, vigor, tSrc, of the crossing of a very 

 small dwarf ("Yellow Pop") upon a standard white field sort. 

 Under the first heading the work has involved the distribution of 

 many pad^ets to testers throughout tlie State, and elsewhere, a 

 condensed piartial report of which is given, showing that the^ added 

 vigor of the field parent was the probable factor that saved these 

 crosses from the destruction that came tO' the early ordinary sweet 

 sorts, incident upon the prolongcid dro>ught of early summer; as 

 a matter of fact, the crop of "sweet-field" corns was good and the 

 quality of the grains excellent. 



In the case of the eggplant, the studies have been chiefly along 

 two lines, namely (1) "American" sorts and the ways they act 

 upon Ciach other other when bred together, and (2) the develop- 

 ment of an edible sort out of the hybrid, between the "American" 

 and the "Chinese" species. The general details of the latter, in 

 particular, are given in this report, while the several steps taken 

 and the results in full may become the subject for a special bul- 

 letin. 



The peas, pepipers and squashes' represented a suitable set of 

 vegetable fruit plants for a seasonable distribution of lalwr, and 



