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(15) has the fniit larger, deeply furrowed and lobed, and yellow 

 when ripe. A set of twenty-six friiit& froan as many plants, taken 

 without ajiy atteanpt to select for any type, is shown in Plate XL 

 The set of cross fruits w^as arranged in a series, placing those that 

 favored the ''Nubian" form near a sample of that variety (1^ 

 and those resembling the female parent nearest the "Golden 

 Queen" ?'ample shown at 2. All the set show somewhat of the 

 location of the "Queen," while at the same time even those most 

 deeplv grooved have the base of the fruit somewhat like the 

 "Nubian." 



Tlie color of these above twenty-six fruits, after leaving open 

 the table for study for some weeks, showed a range from nearly 

 black to clear unmarked orange, wdiich included four, represent- 

 ing all ranges of size and form, while five were nearly pure black, 

 the other seventeen being a remarkaMy mixed lot of fruits, with 

 stripes and blotches of black, brown, red, orange and yellow. 



The subjec-t of pamgency is not an easy one to investigate, for, 

 until some chemical or other test aside from the tongue is em- 

 ployed, the aocurac}' of the results will be called in question un- 

 less reported in vctv general terms ; for example, if the experi- 

 menter tastes of a hot piece of flesh at the outset he is unfitted for 

 further testing for a long time. In the present instance, sO' far 

 as a. limited amount of testing wall justify, the opinion is that 

 pungency is widely different among the twenty-six plants, and 

 seems to be much lessi as a rule than in the "Nubian" — the "pe^j- 

 pery" character is ]>robably modified by the "Queen," which is a 

 mild or "Sweet" sort. 



The "Coral Gem" (11) is a variety with prostrate spreading 

 plants of the small-leaved and small-fruited type, which in this 

 instance is the male upon the "Red Cluster" (21), a distinct kind 

 because of the com];act habit of leaf and fruit foruuition. The 

 two plants are shown as 1 and 23 in Plate XII. ; and it is observed 

 fir-t of all, peril apjs, that the single sample from each of twenty- 

 ( ne ]>lants, making up the set of this cross, have fruits all upright 

 as might be expected, for the parents agree in this. It is also 

 shown that the size and shape are quite uniform and near that of 

 the mother plant ; this is, however, true that instead of the curved 

 and rugose fruits of the "Red Cluster" they are broader (spindle 

 shape) and more nearly straight, in this res]>ect, showing strongly 

 the influence of the "Coral Gem." The failure of the last named 



