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In the double cross (130//10o/lSl), when ''Ponderosa" appears 

 twice and "Sumatra Fig" once, it is seen that the number of cells 

 in the mother frnit seems to have an influence, for when it was 

 two-celled the offspring were sixty-nine two-celled and thirty-one 

 three-celled, and ■\^dlcn three-celled, there were some with tliree 

 a,nd fo'ur cells, while when five-celled the center of greatest per- 

 centage were around five^celled. The same is also' seen in the 227 

 ("MagTierosa") where the only exception is the last lot, having a 

 seven-celled mother fruit. 



It is evident that a very extended application of biometry is 

 needed before a rule can be derived for the development of the 

 fruit interior. 



