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were seventeen plants in this g-roup', samples of which arc shown 

 in Plate X., with the male parent ("Long Red") shown in the 

 nppcr left-hand corner, and the mother ("Coral Gem") at tlie 

 lower right-hand corner. ■ 



« The plants were, as a rnle, wide^stemmed and several broke 

 down early in the season. There were fonr full standard plants : 

 fonr prostrate npon the grnnnd, as is the habit of the mother (11) ; 

 six partially prostrate (which aceonnts in some moasnre for the 

 l)reaking down above mentioned) and three flat-topped, bushy, 

 semi-standard plants. The foliage was very variable, one as coarse 

 as 41, two nearly as fine as 11 — tlie whole lot would be classed 

 among the fine-leaved sorts and therefoTe shows that the "Coral 

 Gem" had a quite decided |X)wer in controlling the ty]>e of leaves. 

 A study of the leng-th of internodesi in the individual sprays in the 

 plate will help to^ give an idea of the size of the plants, but, of 

 course, docs not help much tO' a knowledge of the form of the whole 

 plant. When each branch is studied as tO' its fruits it is seen that 

 there is a range in size and shape that points to the conclusion 

 that, in this ease, at least these characteTisties do' not conform to 

 any Mendelian rule. While there are nO' cross fruits as large as 

 the "Long Red" or small a,s the "Coral Gem," it is true that they 

 could be arranged in a series with one end appiroaehing the larger 

 ])arent and the other the smaller. The same is true of the shape, 

 for some are fuseform, smooth and nearly straight like the "Coral 

 Gem," wdiile others are curved and rugose like "Long Red." 



The position of the fruit, whether pendant as in 41 or upright 

 in 11, is very puzzling in this cross, because of the long weak stems 

 and, therefore, their soon bending downward.' A fruit that when 

 half grown is upright may bend in some instances upon certain 

 plants and be pendant when fully ripe; an attempt has been made 

 to arrange the sprays so that pendants as a, whole would be near tlie 

 pendant parent and the upright in the lower half of the picture. 

 The last are five unmistakably upright and the same number pend- 

 ant, leaving seven that are more or less pendant; there are other 

 crosses between the upright and pendant groups that show the 

 Mendalization more clearly, perhaps due tO' lack of confusion aris- 

 ing from the early bending of the wdiole branches. 



The "Black ISFubian" ('■>) is a well marked variety, from its 

 purple flowers, almost black, long, broad, tapering fruit when 

 green, becoming orange-red at maturity, Avhile the "Golden Queen" 



