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THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNLIKE. 



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hereditability than form or color does. Relative seed- 

 production can be well studied in the tomatoes, as we 

 have the wild type, or very near it, and numerous 

 monstrous varieties for comparison. I submit a table 

 of seed -production in tomatoes : 



Varieties. 



Red Cherry 



Kirsche Rothe .... 

 King Humbert .... 

 King Humbert .... 



Criterion 



Conqueror 



Large Red 



Franz Gross Rotlie . . 

 Hubbard's Curled Leaf 

 Rouge Grosse Hative • 



Tom Th>imb 



Improved Large YeUow 



Persian 



The Cook's Favorite . 

 Boston Market .... 

 Fulton Market .... 

 New York Market . . 



Trophy 



Trophy 



Trophy 



Cardinal 



Livingston's Favorite . 

 New Red Apple .... 



Tilden 



Paragon 



Paragon 



Emery 



Acme 



Mikado 



French Upright . . . 



No. of 

 fruits 

 in the 

 pound. 



101 

 68 



7 



1% 



7 



6 



7 



5 



7 



8 



8 

 13 



5 

 10 



6 



6 



6 



5 



5 



6 



4 



6 



5 

 10 



4 



4 



4 



5 



2 



5 



No. of 

 seeds 

 in the 

 pound. 



7,312 



4,830 



645 



703 



1,095 



1,215 



1,754 



1,480 



1,310 



1,608 



1,502 



2,250 



1,398 



1,457 



1,106 



1,441 



925 



886 



702 



l,4.-)0 



941 



1,166 



1,365 



1,696 



763 



1,180 



781 



1,2.56 



435 



583 



Average 

 no. of 



seeds in 

 a fruit. 



72 2-5 

 71 1-3 

 92 1-7 

 97 



1.56 3-7 

 202 1-2 



250 4-7 

 296 



187 1-7 

 201 



187 3-4 

 173 



279 3-5 

 145 7-10 

 184 1-3 



240 1-6 

 1.54 1-6 

 177 1-5 

 140 2-5 



241 2-3 

 235 1-4 



194 1-3 

 273 



169 3-5 

 190 3-4 

 295 



195 1-4 



251 1-5 

 217 1-2 

 116 3-5 



Where the variety was obtained.* 



Agricultural 



Prussia. 



Agricultural 



Prussia. 



Agricultural 



England. 



England. 



Prussia. 



Agricultural 



France. 



Agricultural 



Agricultural 



Agricultural 



Prussia. 



Agricultural 



Agricultural 



Agricultural 



England. 



England. 



Prussia. 



Thorburn, N 



England. 



Agricultural 



Agricultural 



Agricultural 



Prussia. 



AgricTiltural 



Prussia. 



Agricultural 



Agricultural 



College 

 College 

 College 



{Henderson). 



(Rawton). 



(Oregorv). 



College (.Sellis). 



(College 

 ("ollege 

 College 



College 

 College 

 College 



College 

 College 

 College 



(Rawton). 



(Thorburn). 



(Xellis). 



(Rawton). 

 (Oregoru). 



(NellU). 



(Oregory). 

 (Gregory). 

 (Henderton). 



College (Rawton). 



College 

 College 



(Henderson). 

 (Thorburn). 



Here the lowest average seed -production is in the 

 Cherry tomato, which is very nearly, if not exactly, the 

 original form of the tomato. There is a general, but 

 uncertain, increase upon this average as the varieties 

 depart from this variety. Yet this increase bears no re- 



•These tomatoes were grown at the Agricultural College of Michigan. The 

 seeds of some of the samples, as indicated, were from tomatoes grown at the Col- 

 lege; but the original source of the stock is given in parenthesis. 



