EXPERIMENT STATION REPORT. 489 



by the many trials during last year and the present season that 

 it warrants the above name, given to it in the report for 1903, 

 where it is figured with its two parents in a full-page plate. The 

 "Station Yellow" gets its fine color, nearly that of a ripe lemon, 

 from the male parent ("Golden Sunrise"), and the upright or 

 dwarfed habit of vine from the female, or "Champion" ancestor. 

 When the fruits are fully mature, they usually have some of 

 the red of the mother parent, showing as pink streaks radiating 

 from the blossom end. 



In extending the description of the new variety, the following 

 is taken from the last report. 



"To those who know the bushy habit of the 'Dwarf Champion,' 

 with its thick-set leaves upon a plant of under size, and the 

 nearly opposite characteristics of the 'Golden Sunrise,' will 

 expect what is obtained in the cross, namely, a larger plant than 

 that of the female parent, and one with something of the great 

 vigor of the male parent. To say that it is a yellow "Dwarf 

 Champion" is not telling the whole truth, because the differences 

 are more than color of fruit. The plants and the fruit are both 

 somewhat larger than the 'Dwarf Champion,' and the foliage 

 is not so much infolded or 'curled,' or 'potato-like,' as some are 

 pleased to call it." 



During the present season, this variety has shown a thickness 

 of wall of the fruit that is a pleasing response to selection in this 

 respect. It seems to be a general fact that firmness of fruit, 

 thus rendering them good for marketing and slow to decay, is 

 associated with a thick wall. This also adds to the percentage 

 of edible flesh, as only the filmy skin is removed for the table, 

 and correspondingly diminishes the less desirable pulp. 



It may be said, in addition, that there is only one other dwarf 

 yellow known to the writer, and after growing it the present 

 season, there is no reason for confusing the two. because differ- 

 ing in both plant and fruit. In addition, the "Station Yellow" 

 has a different pedigree, that is within the reach of all who may 

 wish to know it. 



Seeds of this variety have been saved from the best fruits 

 of the best plants, and they are ready for free distribution to the 

 crop -growers of the State. 



The Magnus-Ponderosa Crosses. 



During the last winter reciprocal crosses were obtained in the 

 greenhouse between the "Magiius"' and "Ponderosa" varieties. 



