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which to form an opinion of the worth of any cross, much less to decide 

 upon the effects of reciprocal breeding. 



Of the "Ponderosa-Sutton's Best of All" cross there were only the 

 cross itself and the "Ponderosa" bred upon this cross. The first gave 

 all red-fruited plants, while the latter three red and two pink. It was 

 evident that the pink-fruited plants were quite close to the "Pon- 

 derosa" in other points. The red fruits were inclined to crack upon 

 the shoulder. 



The "Dwarf Stone-Golden Queen" cross brought together two types 

 of tomatoes ( 1 ) as to size of plant and ( 3 ) color of fruit. There were 

 two sets of this cross — that is, between the two varieties from different 

 seedsmen and of the thirty plants, twenty-five were standard and five 

 dwarf. Of these, fourteen were red and six yellow, and two sets of 

 five each of an orange color, as if the two colors had blended. The 

 last made up the two rows where the "Dwarf Stone" was bred upon 

 the cross, in which there were eight standard and two dwarf plants. 

 The cross as a whole was not j^roductive. 



The "Aristocrat-Golden Queen" was a case similar to the last, with 

 seventeen plants in four combinations, in which there were five pink 

 (two pink-orange), five yellow and seven that were a blend. The 

 plants were a small standard and as a whole undesirable. The 

 original "Aristocrat" of this cross, the seed of which was purchased 

 in 1903, is red-fruited and resembles the "Dwarf Champion." 



The Lemon Blush-Aristocrat" cross again brought standard 

 yellow and dwarf pink into combination, of which there were thirty- 

 two plants, all standard, in two sets, with the following display of 

 colors: Eed, one; orange-red, one; reddish pink, four; yellow, six, 

 and twenty of a blend — that is, a pink with a strong showing of 

 yellow. The yield was not satisfactory as a rule. In the "Lemon 

 Blush" is remarkable vigor of plant, which shows itself prominently 

 in all its crosses. 



In the "Dwarf Stone-Aristocrat" cross there were twenty plants, 

 all dwarf and red-fruited, as expected, but the plants, without excep- 

 tion, were stunted and quite unproductive. 



The "Lemon Blush-Dwarf Champion" cross is another combination 

 of a standard yellow wdth a dwarf, pink-fruited sort. Of the twenty- 

 one plants, there were eighteen standard and three dwarfs — four red, 

 two dull red (a blend of pink and red), ten pink and five yellow. One 

 pink and two dull red made up the three dwarfs. 



