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ber 13. The plants from fruits 9, 12, and 2c were set out in 

 July, after heavy rains, in Strip 3 also. All their fruits were 

 harvested at one time, October 13. 



The plants from fruits 5 and 8 were set out in July, before the 

 rain, in the Home Grounds, on good soil. Their entire crop 

 was harvested on October 10. 



Separate data were kept of the exact number and percentage 

 of 2-, 3-, 4-, 5-celled, fasciated and white-tipped fruits on each 

 plant, embodying the records of 142 plants and about 50,000 

 fruits. These data show that the individual plants grown from 

 seed of the same fruit, which was fertilized within the plant, 

 show wide variation in the percentage of 2-celled fruit they pro- 

 duce. These variations are shown by these figures : 



Percentage of 2-Celled Fruits in Plants of: 



Parent Fruit. Lowest. Highest. Average Plant. 



Fruit 1 (5-c.) 45.6 



W. T. (?) 30.8 



Fruits (5-c.) 43.8 



Fruit 2 (4-c.) 22.0 



Fruit 7 (4-c.) 37.7 



Fruit 8 (5-c.) 53.6 



Fruit 5 (2 +4-c.) 28.4 



Fruit 2-c. (2-c.) 62. 8 



Fruit 9 (3-c.) 40.0 



Fruit 12 (3-c.) 73.7 



While these figures are in no way conclusive as showing a 

 direct heredity of high or low percentage of 2-celled fruits, it 

 will be noted that in general the 5-celled fruits led with lower 

 averages for 2-celled fruits, while the 2- and 3-celled fruits had 

 the highest averages. Neither fruit 12 nor the 2c fruit pro- 

 duced a single plant recording below 60.05, i. e. the average of 

 Frt. I, and fruit 9 produced only two out of 21. Seed was 

 saved from the plants of Frts. i, 7, 12, and 2c, and work will be 

 continued on this subject. 



It is seen then that the 2-celled fruit did not in this case pro- 

 duce in its offspring the greatest average of 2-celled fruits, 

 though it did produce the highest registering individual, with 

 89.5%. Similarly, we find that the highest average of 3-celled 

 fruits was furnished by the offspring of W. T., followed by Ft. i, 

 a five-celled fruit; the highest average of 4-celled fruits by Frt. 

 2, which was 4-celled ; of 5-celled and fasciated fruits by Frt. 5, 

 a double fruit. The total number of fasciated fruits produced 

 was 53; the highest average 0.9% by Plant 7 of Frt. 7. 



