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The result of this second crop does not indicate any great effect 

 of the repeated selection upon the color of the seed. In other words, 

 the light seeds from the light seeds are nearly as dark as those from 

 the second generation of selected dark seeds, a somewhat unexpected 

 result, suggesting that the prolificness of the "Jackson Wonder,'** 

 ■combined with white seed, may be more quickly obtained by breeding 

 than mere selection. 



EXPERIMENTS IITITH EGGPLANTS. 



The following is a list of eggplants that were grown in the Gardens 

 the past season, with the source of the fresh seed, number of plants 

 and fruits secured. In case of No. 10 the fruits were allowed to 

 mature, that the seed might be saved, and this doubtless reduced the 

 number of marketal^le fruits that might other^dse have been produced 

 had they been removed when ready for the table: 



Record No. Name and Source of Seed. Number of Plants. Fruits Gathered, 



1 "Baltimore," Cx. & F 16 24 



2 "Black Snake," Thr 27 198 



3 "Black Pekin," Thr 37 105 



4 "Black Beauty." Thr 20 53 



5 "Dwarf Purple," Thr 15 97 



6 "Early Dwarf Oval," Steck 16 108 



7 "Excelsior Tree," Mau 15 57 



8 "Florida High Bush," Wood 10 72 



9 "Giant N. y. Spineless," Chi 4 13 



10 "Jersey Belle." N. J. Sta 190 580 



11 "Long White," Thr 8 36 



12 "Long Purple," Thr 11 43 



13 "Mammoth Purple," Thr 17 24 



14 "Fordhook Improved" Failed. 



15 "Mammoth Pearl," Fer 8 17 



16 "New White Pearl," Evr 5 17 



17 "New Excelsior Tree," Him 20 93 



IS "New York Improved," Bar 9 20 



19 "New York Improved Purple," Vau.. 12 28 



20 "Pride of Sunnyside," Ford 7 24 



21 "Striped," Thr 7 46 



22 "Purple Perfection," Tait 5 4 



23 "Thornless Long Red Purple." Lan. . 1."'. 59 



24 "New White." Mau f. 21 



25 "Scarlet Chinese," Thr 25 Very numerous. 



