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The four erossos, 2/29 I, 2/5//29 I, 3/11 I and 2G//10/2 1, 

 were combinations in each ease of a white and a purple fruit and 

 were represented by fifty-eight plants, twenty-four of which bore 

 purple and thirty-four white fruits. 



Certain plants of the "BJack Pe;kin"-"Long White" cross 

 (3/11) gave greenish white fniits with the fomi of "Pekin," a 

 novelty which might be called "Green Pekin." The "Black 

 Snake-Round White" (2/29) likewise gave the "Green Snake." 



One dwarf plant of "Black Snake- Dwarf Purple-Round 

 White" (2/5//29) produced fruits of the "Dwarf Purple" form 

 with white of the "Ivory" giving the "Dwarf Ivory." 



"Scarlet Chinese" heads the list in number of fruits per plant 

 (05.8), the "Commercials" averaging the lowest (6.2). 



The heaviest fruits were found among the blends, followed in 

 order by the "Commercials," the later generation crosses and the 

 % and % hybrids, respectively. 



KIND OP PLANT. u 



11 



American varieties 146 



Blend crosses 88 



Later generation 145 



J American 53 



f " 120 



* " 27 



"Chinese" (Cliameleon).. 12 



The above is a summary of the preeeding table, indicating that 

 the "Chinesei" stands highest on the list in number of fruits per 

 pilant, followed by i/o, % and % hybrids^, while the "Later Gen- 

 erations" exceed the blends by 2.4 fruits per plant. In "average 

 weight" of fruits, the "Blend Crosses" stand highest, and the % 

 "American" give^'^ an average only .8 oz. greater than the % 

 "American." The "Chinese," as might be expected, lead in 

 "keeping quality" followed by 1/^, % and % "American," re- 

 spectively. 



The eighty-eight plant*' of the "Blends" were all spiny and 

 96.9 per cent, of the %; "American." There is hope that the spine- 

 less type can be secured by careful selection and breeding of 

 spineless plants. 



