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quite iiJinsual among tomatoes. The plants while in the standard 

 group all showed a degree of dwarfness that suggested the lack of 

 entire dominance of the "Magnus" type. An analysis of the com- 

 jTOund cross shows that a standard plant seleoted from the first- 

 named cross was bred necessarily to a dwarf, as l)oth "Station 

 Yellow" and "Stone" are dwarfs, and there is unusual opportunity 

 for the infusion of the dwarf unum, should it be at all sympa- 

 thetic, and this oppiu'tunity is increased by the plants in question 

 l>eing in the blend stage. 



From the commercial stand}»int the cross is a novelty of much 

 jiromise, because the fruits come of sufficient size, apple^shaped, 

 and with a fine rich golden flesh. 



Another row of six plants showed the same noA'cl color and agreed 

 xery closely in all respects to the set just mentioned. The breed- 

 ing here was as follows: 210/1 69 ///1407/170/14-1:; that is, the 

 "Station Yellow" was bred upon "Dwarf Stone" as in the previous 

 series; "Stone" was crossed upon "Golden Queen" (170/144) 

 and the "Waldorf" was united with the last cross, and finally the 

 "Station Yellow"-"Dwarf Stone" worked upon the combination. 

 As to colors, yellow was used twice, red twice and pink once, and 

 the result is a, rich orange that renders the fine large fruits particu- 

 larly attractive. During the further testing of this cross it may 

 well bear the name of "Jersev Orange." 



A STANDARD COARSE-LEAVED YELLOW-FRUITED TOMATO. 



The making of the above novelty illustrates a result that fol- 

 lows swiftly along Mendelian lines. Some years ago the "Station 

 Yellow" was bred upon the "Magnus." This cross gave standard 

 fine-leaved pink-fruited plants in the blend, but in the next gen- 

 eration there were eight sets of plants, namely: 



Standard fine-leaved, pink 27 



" " yellow 



" coarse-leaved, pink 9 



" " yellow 3 



Dwarf fine-leaved, pink 9 



" " yellow 3 



" coarse-leaved, pink 3 



" " yellow 1 



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