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Young fruits are generally green, of which there are two 

 shades, namely, (2GYG) and (YG), the latter having decidedly 

 more yellow and may be styled the light green as distinguished 

 from the dark green of the first type. As i^epper fruits mature, 

 they pass through many changes, the series depending somewhat 

 upon the presence or absence of the purple and whether the final 

 color is red, scarlet, orange, or lemon. The color of maturity 

 appears first in the core (base of the placentae) ; ne.xt in the 

 seed-bearing surface; then the inner surface of the wall; and 

 last, the outermost part. The development of the color is quite 

 irregular — one-third, for example, of a tri-carpellary fruit show- 

 ing a bright red before the other jrortion. In the long fruits, 

 the tip is often quite green after the base has taken on its ma- 

 turity color; and again, the opposite is true. 



PEPPER CROSSES "BLACK NUBIAN-CORAL GEM," (5/I1). 



The "Black Nubian" is a medium sized upright plant, little 

 branched with a dark purple color pervading the whole plant and 

 expressing itself most noticeably in the handsome purple flower 

 and almost black fruit until maturity is approached when it 

 passes into a lemon yellow, the dark color often remaining as 

 more or less, distinct streaks or blotches upon the yellow back- 

 ground of the medium large pendent fruits. In the "Coral 

 Gem," the plant is much branched, comparatively low-spreading 

 with the numerous small smooth red fruits upright, making 

 the contrasts quite sharp between the two parents. 



At the right of the lowest row (Plate XV) is an outline ink 

 sketch of a fruit of each of the two parents, the one ("Nubian" ) 

 pendent and the other ("Coral Gem") upright and smaller and 

 drawn within the outline of the larger fruit, both of relative 

 natural size. 



Forty-two plants of the second generation were grown and 

 some of the results of their study are given in the accompanying 

 table. 



