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good yield of fruit of fine quality. Slice-views of fruits are shown at 

 3 and 4, in Plate V. 



The "Giant-Frogmore" crosses gave very large plants with irregu- 

 lar, flat, red fruits, with the core inclined to be solid and greenish. 

 When the "Giant" was the female, as in the "Crimson Cusliion-Giant" 

 combination, the results were somewhat similar. In short, the "Giant" 

 seems to have great power in producing strong plants that are long in 

 bearing and produce a large, "meaty" fruit that, while of special value 

 for the canneries, may not he otherwise desirable. However, out of 

 these crosses it is probable that a variety with a large, smooth and solid 

 fruit may be secured. Slice-view of fruit is shown at 5, in Plate Y. 



The "Crimson Cushion-Marvel" crosses were limited to fifteen 

 plants of three combinations. In the original or half-blood union the 

 plants were large and prolific of large, smooth fruits. Two types were 

 manifest — the "apple" of the "Marvel" and the flattened form of the 

 "Cushion." The color was bright red, and the number of seed cavities 

 reached as high as twenty, with few seeds. The row of three-quarter 

 "Cushion" blood gave large plants with nearly smooth, large, red 

 fruits, recorded in the note-book as "prolific * * remarkably fine." 

 The corresponding row of three-quarter "Marvel" blood produced very 

 strong plants, bearing large red, nearly smooth fruits, with note-book 

 remark : "One of the best rows in the field." Whenever either of these 

 two parents has been in combination good results have obtained. 

 Those with "Ponderosa" are given elsewhere under the "Ponderosa- 

 Marvel" family. 



In the "Stone-Michigan" cross a very even lot of thrifty plants was 

 obtained with medium large fruits of a bright, cherry-red color and 

 exceedingly uniform in size, inclined to the "apple" form." The 

 "Stone-South Jersey^' combination was less uniform than the last, 

 owing to the great dissimilarity of the two parents. The very irregu- 

 lar fruit of the "South Jersey" was not overcome, but greatly improved 

 by the "Stone," giving a flat fruit that was nearly smooth and little 

 ribbed at the stem end. When the "Stone" blood -was increased to 

 three-fourths by breeding "Stone" upon the cross, the fruits became 

 smooth, but the plants were not prolific. There was quite a difference 

 between the reciprocals here, for the cross upon "Stone" produced 

 irregular fruits in great abundance, suggesting a good type for truckers 

 to grow for the canneries, as the fruits, while large and rough, were 

 very solid. It is quite certain that five plants are not enough from 



