504 NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



It is seen that the number most in evidence is 93, the wild yellow 

 parent, and the next is No. 234, followed by No. 333, and the culti- 

 vated violet parent type is fourth. 



Salsify in the Old Plot. 



Hybrid salsify has been left to take care of itself for five years 

 upon one half-plot of the Experiment area. 



During the present year the record for the colors and the number 

 of plants for each color or shade is as follows : 



No. 12. Dark red 5 



" 12. " " yellow 4 



" 21. Darker red red orange 4 



" 21. " " " " yellow 4 



" 31. Darker red orange 8 



" 31. " " " yellow 12 



" 32. Dark red orange 1 



" 41. Darker orange red orange 2 



" 41. " " " " yellow 11 



" 51. Darker orange 1 



" 51. " " yellow 3 



" 82. Dark yellow yellow orange yellow 2 



" 83. Yellow yellow orange yellow 1 



" 91. Darker orange 1 



" 91. " " yellow 3 



" 93. (Parent) Yellow 220 



" 94. Light yellow 19 



" 95. Lighter yellow 1 



" 224. (Parent) Light violet red violet 12 



" 224. Light violet red violet 9 



" 225. Lighter violet red violet yellow 1 



" 253. Orange gray yellow 1 



" 333. Red gray 39 



" 333. " " yellow 46 



" 335. Lighter red gray 1 



" 335. " " " yellow 2 



" 354. Light yellow gray 1 



" 354. " " " yellow 2 



" 355. Lighter yellow gray yellow center 3 



It is seen that out of 417 plants recorded in the area, 230, or a 

 little more than half, are of the type of the yellow parent — that is, 

 the wild species (Tragopogon pralensis L.) — while less than one- 

 tenth as many were of the color of the cultivated species {T. porri- 

 folius L.) The reason for this may reside in the greater seeding 

 capacity and vitality of the yellow type. 



