328 NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



It seems to be a fact that fruits that are produced earliest, and 

 situated upon the main stem or near to it, are the largest and have 

 the greatest number of seed vessels, and the reverse of this seems 

 equally true, as above stated. Erom above facts it is reasonable 

 to reach the opinion that there is a relation between the nutrition 

 of the very young fruit that determines whether the number of 

 seed vessels shall be fifteen or near it, or less. In other words, the 

 same conditions that produce a large fruit in the initial steps of 

 the latter, lead to a large number of seed cavities. 



Last season's observations pointed toward the relation between, 

 soil conditions and number of seed vessels, and the present note 

 brings the same factor, namely, nutrition, forward as a modifier 

 in the plant itself. The numerous and topniost, late formed fruits, 

 it is inferred, are poorly fed, with the results previously named, 

 and correspond to the single fruit upon the dwarfed, unbranched 

 plant, and consequently located near the main stem. 



