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the thought that the second year may see many variations, so that 

 selection and further breeding may be necessary to fix the type. If 

 this is found necessary, the attempt will be made to lengthen the 

 fruits still more, so that they may stand on end as they grow, with 

 less surface upon the earth to induce decay or attract worms, while 

 at the same time increasing the percentage of seedless flesh in a 

 suitable shape for ordinary purposes. 



Plate V. shows in the upper half the cross-fruit, in the center, 

 with the sample of "Long Purple" fruit upon the left and the 

 " New York Improved " upon the right. It was immaterial which 

 parent bore the seeds in the cross, as the results were quite uniformly 

 the same. There is little that needs to be said in addition to the 

 preceding remarks, for the results are well shown in the engraving. 



The lower half gives the same fruits cut longitudinally through the 

 center, to show the texture and seed-bearing capacity of the three 

 forms. It is seen that the middle fruit shows a much larger amount 

 of solid, seedless interior than either of the parents. This is partly 

 due to the increased size over the "Long Purple," from which 

 parent it received the tendency to freedom from seeds in the upper 

 two-thirds of the fruit. 



EXPERIMENTS IN CROSSING SWEET CORN "WITH 

 RED GRAINS. 



Plot IV., Series VI., was again planted to sweet corn. For seed, 

 the pink grains were used from eight ears of the previous crop, and 

 all having over ten rows upon the cob. The planting was upon May 

 14th, and the fruit harvest September 23d. The whole plot was 

 remarkable for the vigor and size of the plants, which rank among 

 the large-sized sweet corns. 



The first thing observed in the results of the year's work upon this 

 plot is the greatly-increased amount of the red in the ears. The table 

 below gives the number of grains of each color for five average ears : 



Average 90 81 261 



