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was particularly serious and they rarely matured more than two 

 fruits to the plant ; but the vine sorts did much better and one 

 plant of a cross, for example, produced 54 fruits of marketable 

 size, and another, "i\ngora," gave nearly a quarter of a ton of 

 fruits. 



Squashes offer an opportunity for a late field study of the 

 fruits, and during November a large number of records was 

 made of various features of the crop. Time is too short before 

 going to press, to permit of reporting here the results of the 

 tabulations of weights, measurements, enumerations, etc.. and 

 they must be given elsewhere. Substantial progress has been 

 made toward a knowledge of the habits of squash plants and 

 their behavior along chosen lines when varieties with certain 

 points of difference are bred together. 



Experiments with Tomatoes. 



The tomatoes occupied nearly an acre, chiefly in the central 

 part of the Home Grounds, the main portion consisting of 

 sets of crosses, direct and reciprocal, in the first generation of 

 the leading types. These are named and briefly considered with 

 some preliminary conclusions in another part of this report. 



In continuation of the work of breeding and selecting for 

 choice sorts of tomatoes, some progress has been made. Several 

 selected crosses for length of fruit have been grown and en- 

 couraging results obtained and at the same time some particu- 

 larly desirable kinds have arisen. 



"the peach s.\lad." 



This is a pink-fruited strain that came out of the derivative 

 cross of the "Magnerose" upon a cross of the "Giant" upon the 

 "Globe," expressed by the formula, 227//56/194, now in its 

 fourth generation. The fruits are medium sized and particu- 

 larly attractive because having the coloring of the orchard tree 

 peach. Samples of the "Peach Salad" are shown at i in Plate 

 XVI. As this was described somewhat at length in the last 

 annual report, it need not be here further considered save the 

 statement that it has maintained its high standard for fine 

 flavor and great attracti^■eness during the past season. 



"the pink coarse-leaved plum.'" 



This tomato, an average cluster of which is shown at 2. has 

 again proved an attractive sort and illustrates how repeated com- 



