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made evident. In the upper left-hand corner of the "cross" is 

 a set of nine seeds from a fruit resuhing from a cross repre- 

 sented by the fraction upon each seed. Seeds from another fruit 

 of the same cross are shown in the upper right-hand corner. 

 The considerable difference between the sizes of these sets of 

 seeds is quickly seen, and also' their relative sizes as compared 

 with those of the parents. In the lower half of the figure are 

 two corresponding sets of seeds from fruits of the 6-5 cross. 

 The average size of the seeds' of the 6-5 crosses is nearer the 

 "6" than the "5" parent, while the 5-6 crosses are nearer the 

 "5" than the "6." In other w'ords, the male has the greater 

 power to control size, but there are individual exceptions to this 

 possible rule. 



Three fruits were obtained upon the 5-6 cross, the flowers of 

 which received pollen only from "Warren" (7), a running win- 

 ter squash of the turban type, and hope was entertained that a 

 hybrid had been secured between Cucurhita Pcpo and C. Max- 

 ima. The fruits grew to fair size, but upon opening them they 

 contained no seeds. The ovules were numerous and perhaps 

 one-half the size of normal seeds, but their contents were watery 

 and embr}'0'S entirely absent. In connection with this negative 

 result, it may be of interest to bear in mind that the fruits grew 

 to marketable size, through the stimulus, it may be, of a foreign 

 pollen that was not able to fertilize the ovules. There is some 

 encouragement in the result to make further attempts to secure 

 a hybrid. 



Experiments With Eggplants. 



The cross between the "New York Improved Spineless" 

 variety of eggplant and the "Early Long Purple," secured in 

 1900, has been again grown the present season, and the fruits 

 from all the plants are sO' uniform in form, color and other char- 

 acteristics that this cross is ready for distribution under the 

 name "Jersey Belle," suggested in the report for last year. This 

 cross has uniformly shown the upright habit of plant of the 

 "Long Purple" combined with the broad leaf of the "New York 

 Improved." There is also the purple color of the young stems 

 and leaf stalks of the former parent and the stoutness of the 

 latter variety. This combination has secured a vigor and pro- 

 ductiveness that has been in evidence since 1901, and in inter- 

 esting contrast wuth the parent stocks grown for comparison 

 with it. 



