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The greatest improvement is seen in the fine-leaved plants, where, 

 also, the largest amount of variation in fruit is seen. Some of these 

 plants produced largely of apple-shajDed fruits — for example, near 

 that of a good "Baldwin." Sixteen such ripe fruits were taken from 

 a single plant at one time, the total weight of which was six and a 

 quarter pounds. Other plants produced fruits in smaller numbers 

 but of much larger size, showing more of the 'Tonderosa" than the 

 "Magnus" qualities, but less irregular and flat than the pure "Pon- 

 derosa." It is of those plants that yield the apple-shaped fruits, all 

 of them sufhciently large, that most is to be hoped for in this cross, 

 and from such plants a quantity of seed has been secured. The aim 

 has been to obtain a prolific plant, the pink fruits being large and 

 deep, with thick wall and a juicy core, somewhat broken by small seed 

 cavities, and with the number of seeds comparatively few. 



A slice-view of a fruit of the "Magnus-Ponderosa" cross is shown at 

 10, in Plate V., and one of a third generation at 11. Ten plants of 

 this last generation were grown in a separate block from the above, 

 and were full of vi^^or and fruitfulness. 



Notes npon " Champion-Magnus " Crosses. 



Because of the dwarf habit of the "Champion,'' and the fact that 

 it has the fine-leaf type of foliage, a cross of it with the "Magnus," a 

 standard, coarse-leaved variety, admitted of a wide range in the off- 

 spring. From a single fruit of such a cross — "Magnus" upon "Dwarf 

 Champion" — eighty-five plants were obtained and set in a block in 

 the Gardens. From an early stage in the growth of the seedlings it 

 was seen that at least four types were in evidence, namely, the 

 standards in both coarse and fine leaves, and dwarfs, likewise, of the 

 two forms of foliage. This distinction was maintained throughout 

 the season, so that side by side grew plants of widely different aspect. 



A count of the forms and the number of good-sized fruits for each 

 plant resulted in the following : 



Standard, fine-leaved plants, 49 theoretical, 48 — Average fruits per plant, 22 



Standard. coarse4eaved " 16 *" 16 — " " " " 19 



Dwarf, fi'ie-leived " 13 '" 16 — " " " " 15 



Dwarf, coarse-leaved "7 " 5+ " " " " 11 



