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This makes the total percentages for the greenhouse crop of 

 Plant I — 



2-celled— 73.5%; 3-celIed— ;20.o% ; 4-celled— 1.6% ; Fasciat- 

 ed— 1.5% ; White-tipped— 3.4%. 



The fasciated fruits were preserved for seed and numbered 

 Ft. I, Ft. 2, etc. One 2-celled fruit and one White-tipped fruit 

 were also seeded for a later experiment. 



On May 17th Plant i was carefully transferred to the breeding 

 grounds with as little disturbance of the root as possible. All 

 branches were cut back to about three inches above ground. 

 Numerous small branches appeared, and the plant made no at- 

 tenipt to send out upright shoots, but assumed a different aspect. 



On August 3 picked 524 fruits. 



2-celled— 59.73%; 3-celled— 34.92%; 4-celled— 2.67% ; c- 

 celled— 0.57% ; Fasciated— 0.96% ; White-tipped— 1.15%. 



September 5, picked 135 fruits. 



2-celled— 69.63%; 3-celled— 28.15%; 4-celled— 2.22%. 



October 27, picked yy fruits. 



2-celled— 39.0% ; 3-celled— 55.8% ; 4-celled— 5.2%. 



This makes the total percentages for the field crop of Plant i— 



2-celled— 59.4%; 3-celled— 35.9%; 4-celled— 2.8% ; 5-celled 

 —0.4%; Fasciated— 0.7%; White-tipped— 0.8%. 



Thus, during its first year Plant i gave a total of 66.4% of 2- 

 celled fruits (the^^normal) as against 33.06% of other fruits. 

 The ratio of ^^^""^.-^H^^l^' is then, very nearly as 2 :i. 



The following fruits of Plant i, ripened in the greenhouse, 

 were selected for seed, and a number of plants from the seeds of 

 each fruit planted in the summer of 1910. 



Fruit I fasciated, 5-celled— ii plants 



!, - ',', 4-celled (solid center) — 18 plants. 



„ 3 5-celled (broken center) — 20 plants 



5, a double fruit, one-half 2-celled, one-half 4-celled, only the 



„ , 2-celled portion had seed,— 15 plants. 



7, 4-celled— 20 plants. 

 "^ 8, 5-celled— 8 plants. 

 ^' 9. 3-celled— 21 plants. 

 .' 12, 3-celled— 3 plants. 

 W. T., white tipped fruit— 6 plants 

 2c, 2-celled fruit— 18 plants. 



Plants of fruits I, 2, 3, 7, and W. T. were set out in Tune in 

 Strip 3 in rather poor red shale soil. They suffered much from 

 the drought and an attack of flea beetles. All ripe fruits were 

 taken off successively on September 5, September 26, and Octo- 



