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ears in the plate from being up to the avei'uge of the meagre crop. 

 As the matter now stands, the "Country Gentleman" is easily fertil- 

 ized by the "Black Mexican,"' while the latter is with rare instances 

 crossed upon by the "Country Gentleman." in otlier words, the 

 "Black Mexican" is highly prepotent, as determined in other experi- 

 ments. It w'as observed that the dark grains of the "Country Gentle- 

 man" were not usually of the same shade as the full "Black ]\Iexi- 

 can," but instead inclined to a lead color. The wliite grains upon 

 the "Black Mexican" were, with few exceptions, as light as those 

 of the full "Country Gentleman." 



The quality of the two varieties is superior, as determined by 

 actual test by those who are able to judge of the culinary merits of 

 this vegetable. 



Fnrtlier Observations Upon Salsify Hybrids. 



The salsify to which the most attention was given the past season 

 was that iR Plot IV., Series III., consisting of hybrids of Tragopogon 

 porrifolius L. and T. praiensis L. Twenty-one rows were planted here 

 in August, 1902, the seed for the first eight being from first-genera- 

 tion crosses produced that season in Plot III., Series IV., while that 

 for the remaining thirteen was produced by third-generation hybrids 

 in Plot I., Series VI. Eows 1 and 2 were offspring of hybrids that 

 appeared in rows of T. pratcnsis, while the hybrid parents of rows 3 

 to 8 were developed among plants of T. porrifolius. The seed planted 

 in rows 9 to 21 was gathered from second-generation hybrids in Plot 

 I., Series VI., and represented the following colors of Prang's list : 

 21, 22, 31, 41, 92, 224, 225, 233, 243, 333, 355 and 384. 



The stand of plants was fairly good, and the season's color record, 

 including about 700 plants, is herewith given. Pows 1 and 2: 



Parent type 93 Yellow IS 



234 Light i-fd violot 1 



243 Red red violet !> 



243 " " " (center yellow I 10 



243 " " " (fontei- mottled) 3 



There was one "Albino" plant and one with flower heads changed 

 to green. 



Rows 3 to 8 : 



