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One row was planted with seeds from a Anted "jug" with cer- 

 tain pale green strips, and both the shape and the stripes came true 

 to the parents. In the same way a large orange "jug" produced 

 all orange fruits with some variation in the shape. In the case 

 of a smooth cream "jug" the results were uniform in color, but 

 some variation in the shape. These experiments indicate that 

 shape is more subject to change than color. There are compara- 

 tively few colors and their combinations, but in shape there are 

 almost infinite variations from the round to thei club, and particu- 

 larly when the two eixtremes meet in the "jug" type. 



There were three rows of the "Fluted Orange" in this test of 

 close breeding. This variety resulted from the breeding of the 

 "Strickler's Summer" upon tlie "Golden Bush" (11/9) in 1905. 

 During the first year the fruits were all yellow "jugs;" by selec- 

 tion a scalloped rectangular type was reached, and the next year a 

 uniform set of long orange fluted fruits was obtained. Seeds of this 

 sort were distributed in 1908, and the results of the testers re- 

 ported last year. The three rows planted with inbred seed the 

 present season showed a close adherence to the form of the p^arents 

 and a, failure from the coanmercial point of view. 



All the tests above considered agree in the uniform fixation of 

 parental peculiarities, but at the same time a weakness is devel- 

 oped that is most striking. 



Experiments with Eggplants. 



During the third week in May, Series II. was set to eggplants, 

 save a portion of Plot 2 reserved for corn. There' were repre- 

 sented 233 hybrids, 200 "American" crosses and 158 "Commer- 

 cials," making a total of 591 plants. The midsummer drought 

 was a severe check to the growth of the crop and small plants and 

 yields resulted. 



The blends grown for the first time this season are figured in 

 Plate V. The combination of "Long Whitei" upon "Dwarf 

 Purple" (11/6) shown at 2, produced a purplish spiny fruit, with 

 the general form of (6), with the light green surface under the 

 calyx of that parent, and exceeded the mother in length and size. 

 This cross gave an average of eight fruits per plant, the fruits 



