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Nos. 15 and 1(5 appeared alike, and differed from the "N. Y. Im- 

 proved" type chiefly in color, and, when cooked, could be scarcely dis- 

 tinguished from that variety. The "Black Pekin" is smaller (one- 

 third or one-half) and almost round, while the "N. Y. Improved" is 

 oval in form and of a lighter purple. The "Round French" is some- 

 where between the "Black Pekin" and "N. Y. Improved." 



The "Dwarf Round Purple" sorts (Nos. 7 and 8) were alike, with 

 fruits small and of good quality. The "Delicatesse" (No 11) appears 

 to us very similar to the "Dwarf Round Purple." The "Long Purple" 

 variety of Burpee and that of Thorburn seemed the same. The fruit 

 of the "Snake" (No. 12) was long and very slender; worthless for 

 cooking. The "Striped" was of an oval shape and about the size of 

 the "Round Purple." The "Round White" is about the size of a hen's 

 egg; quite ornamental; only of fair quality. The "Long White" is 

 about half as large as the "Early Long Purple ;" usually curved. 



EXPERIMENTS TITITH TOMATOES. 



The usual amount of space in the Experiment Area has been de- 

 voted to tomatoes. The 'chief work has been in developing the crosses 

 that have been described in previous reports. Further progress has 

 been made toward a type of vine of remarkable vigor and fruit, in 

 which the seeds are much reduced. This portion of the work was 

 fully illustrated in the record of last year. Much ditficulty is expe- 

 rienced in getting a combination of yellow and red color that yields 

 a. blush, and, when obtained, to have it regularly reproduced in the 

 offspring. 



OBSERVATIONS UPON SALSIFY HYBRIDS. 



The third-generation plants in Half-plot I., Series VI., were from 

 self-sown seed. Owing to their great number and irregularity, a com- 

 plete color record was scarcely possible, but frequent observations were 

 made so long as flowers were produced, and it is thought that practi- 

 cally all the different shades were noted and that those occurring most 

 frequently are indicated in the following table : 



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