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parent (62 x 178) 62 produced unusually large plants, with their fruit 

 all red, smooth, medium large, fine-shaped and prolific. This was a 

 very even lot of tomatoes and quite different from the reciprocal last 

 mentioned. In the cross of the peach upon the cross 178 (62 x 178), 

 the five plants were all late in maturing their fruit, which was with- 

 out the fuzz and in color and shape a fine, red plum. The fruits were 

 in large clusters, all nearly alike and produced in great abundance. 

 Of the reciprocal (62x178) 178, there were only two plants, and 

 they produced plants of the peach type. 



The " Ignotnm-Red Plnm" Family. 



The cross of the "Ignotum" and "Red Plum," in its second gener- 

 ation, produced standard, fine-leaved plants, with fruit varying from a 

 good-sized to a large, red plum. The male parent upon the cross 

 62 (62x180) gave very large, long plants, with red fruits, some of 

 the large plum type, while other plants bore a good, medium tomato 

 in enormous clusters. One cluster had nine ripe fruits at one time. 

 The reciprocal (62,x 180) 62 gave the same results. A¥hen the plum 

 was bred upon the cross 180 (62x180) plants with quite uniform 

 fruits resulted, all of them being of a large plum type and very 

 productive. The reciprocal (62x180) 180 produced uniformly the 

 plum type and nearly the same as the last, but wonderfully prolific. 

 In case of the need of a good-sized, plum-shaped fruit, this combi- 

 nation would seem to be very desirable. 



Time and space admit of only a few general remarks concerning the 

 results when the "families" are not fully represented. 



It was impossible to have the plants ready for setting at the same 

 time, and the question of comparative earliness must be left for future 

 tests to detennine. The young plants were set out from March 25th 

 to as late as the 15th of May, and it is not fair to compare varieties 

 as to relative earliness unless they are grown during the same dates. 

 A week in June is worth more than the same time in April. Many 

 points of a general nature were, however, recorded as to the behavior 

 of the plants. For example, the crosses between "Acme" and "Bright 

 and Early" are undoubtedly early, and some of them good-sirred fruit 

 and very prolific. In those combinations where the "Bright and 

 Early" is three-fourths, the results indicate that a good tomato for 

 forcing may be in sight. By breeding the "Earliana" with "Briglit 



