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The last named has a flat and scalloped fruit, with a scarlet 

 color that makes this fruit easily mistaken for a tomato. It 

 shrivels when mature, like a pepper. Attempted crosses of it 

 with other sorts it is hoped have been successful. 



Other Crosses of Eggplants. 



One of the crosses made in 1902 has been grown for its second 

 generation the present season, namely, the "Long AMiite" upon 

 the ''New York Improved.'' In the report for last year it was 

 stated that this cross varied '' much in color and shape, as the 

 parents were quite unlike in these respects. The curved form 

 of the male parent was present in many of the crosses, while its 

 white exterior blended with the purple of the mother plant in 

 producing a variegated surface, some fruits being spotted white 

 and purple, others somewhat striped, and others of nearly a solid 

 shade of green." 



B)- selecting the seeds from the plants producing oblong pur- 

 ple fruits a reasonably uniform lot of fruits has been obtained 

 the present season. Plate V. shows some of the variations in 

 form, those in the upper row being from one lot of seedt and 

 those in the lower row being from another. vSome of them are 

 not fully mature, as indicated by relative size of calyx. The 

 color is fairly uniform, and is of a pale purple or pink, with some 

 excepting, which are nearly green. One plant produced white 

 fruits, thus showing the "blood" of the male parent in the cross 

 two years before. 



This cross between tv.'o strikingly different varieties brings 

 much vigor to the offspring, and the indications are that in a few 

 years, by careful selection, a new variety jnay be established, 

 that will have an oval or oblong shape quite acceptable to the 

 growers of tltis vegetable. The greater difficulty will lie in 

 getting a color that is suited to the taste of the consumer. In 

 case of the eggplant, the color of the skin plays no part in the 

 appearance of the vegatable when it comes to the table, and it 

 would seem that a light purple, or even pink, ought to be accept- 

 able as the purple that custom has come to expect in the egg- 

 plant. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH TOMATOES. 

 The Station Yellow Tomato. 



The cross resulting from a combination of "Golden Sunrise" 

 upon "Dwarf Champion" in 1899 has proved so well established 



