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form appearance of the squashes has also been 

 very greatly improved." 



(16) New Potatoes. Two varieties are de- 

 scribed as being the best of several thousand 

 seedlings that have been tested for five years. 

 One is a long, nearly cylindrical, smooth, white 

 seedling of the Burbank; the other is a short, 

 flattish, oval, light-colored potato with a russet 

 coat, from a cross of the old "Chile" or "Bodega 

 Red" and the Burbank. "Both are superior 

 keepers, and have never shown any tendency to 

 become diseased." 



(17) Ornamental Crossbred Tomato. This 

 new fruiting plant is named Combination and is 

 described as a cross between the "Little Cur- 

 rant" and the "Dwarf Champion" tomatoes. 

 "The curious plaited, twisted, and blistered, but 

 handsome leaves, sturdily compact growth, and 

 clusters of fruit, will make it a favored orna- 

 mental plant which can be easily grown by 

 everybody." 



(18) "Other New Plants." A miscellaneous 

 list of hybrids, including some very extraordi- 

 nary combinations, particularly crosses between 

 the different orchard fruits, peaches, almonds, 

 plums, quinces, and apples in various combina- 

 tions. The photograph of a stem of apetalous 

 pistillate blossoms of a plum-apricot hybrid is 



