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favorable weather prevailed throughout the summer, and the plants 

 grew slowly and wuru hiter than usual in producing fruits of a market- 

 able size. The same conditions seemed to be equally unfavorable for 

 the development of the leaf-blight and fruit-rot, usually so injurious 

 to this crop. The foliage of the Experiment Area plants was practi- 

 cally unharmed, and the fruit-rot did not make its appearance until 

 late in the season, and developed much slower than usual. Xo fungi- 

 cides were applied during the summer. 



The two plots in Series III. and IV. contained about 200 eggplants, 

 representing the third generation resulting from the crosses made in 

 1900 between the "X'ew York Improved" and "Early Long Purple" 

 varieties. The seed producing this season's stock was taken from 

 fifteen selected fruits of the crop of 1902. The number of plants 

 from a single fruit varied from ten to about sixty. 



Xo record was kept of the number of fruits produced, but the 

 tliird-generation stock began fruiting as early and were as produc- 

 tive as plants of the parent types. Some of the fruits resembled in 

 form and size those of the origiual parents, but the majority were 

 noticeably different and more or less boll-shaped. 



In the first half oi Plot III., Scries Y., the following varieties of 

 eggplants were grown the ]n'esent season : 



1. "X'^ew York Improved." 9. "Black Beauty." 



2. "Black Pekin." 10. "Early Long Purple." 



3. "Early Dwarf Purple." 11. "Long ^Yhite." 



4. "Round French." 12. "Black Snake." 



5. "Striped." 13. "Japanese." 



6. "Delicatesse." 14. " Xo. 9,297. 



7. "Eound White." 15. " " 9,298. 



8. "Mammoth Pearl." 



Manx of the above varieties were grown in the Experiment Area 

 in 1902 and were briefly described in the report for that year (pages 

 384—5). The "Black Beauty" variety was given a more satisfactory 

 trial this season and is a desirable sort. In mmiber and form of 

 fruits it resembles closely the "Xew York Improved," but of larger 

 size. 



