4?4 XEW JEE8EY ACIEICULTUEAL rO].LEC4E 



quality, are small, and altogether the variety is not j^rofitable. _ The 

 large slices of the oval frnits of the "Xew York Improved" are not 

 well suited for the frying-pan, while the longer and smaller fruit 

 of the cross are of a convenient size for cooking and the table. 



The cross has a desirable size and shape and is an improvement 

 upon the "New York Improved" in its sujierior quality. In the 

 "Long Purple" the seeds are confined to the lower half of the fruit, 

 and the cross under consideration holding to this characteristic gives 

 two-thirds of its fruit free from seeds, and therefore several slices 

 that are solid flesh. 



A striking fact in connection with this cross, in its first season, 

 was it earliness, for its plants began to yield marketable fruits on 

 July 20th, while it was August 8th before they could be gathered 

 from the "New York Improved," and were rare upon the "Lcng 

 Purpk" until after September 10th. 



In 1902 the crossed eggplants occupied Plot II., Series II.. and 

 Plot II., Series III., and were the representatives of four selected 

 fruits of the previous crop. The plants Avere thrifty, and it was ol)- 

 served that toward the close of the season the parent sorts ceased 

 blooming, while these crosses blossomed freely up to the time of 

 frosts, and then the plants contained many young frnits. It was 

 noted that the general shape, previously mentioned, was adhered to 

 and not over 10 per cent, of the plants produced fruits of the '•'Xew 

 York Improved" type, while none were long and slender like those 

 of the "Long Purple." During this season no less than eighteen 

 commercial varieties, all that could he readily procured, were grown 

 to compare with the new cross, and while there were several that 

 seemed alike, none of them resembled the cross either in great vigor 

 of plant or shape of fruit. Several cross-pollinations were made be- 

 tween some of the widely separated forms, as the "Black Snake,"' a 

 long, slender and crooked fruit, and "Piound White," a handsome 

 fruit, about the size of an egg, and the standard sorts, as "Black 

 Pekin," and the "Xew Y'ork Improved." 



Eggplants in 1903. 



The work with eggplants the past season was devoted chiefiy to 

 crossed stock occupying the greater part of three plots, namely. Plot 

 II., Series III., Plot II., Series IV., and Plot III., Series V. Un- 



