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(Chinensis x chiloensis) x Garden (211). 24 plants gave 12 $ , 12 c/" 

 or 5 • The number of plants in all these cases is small, but I give the 

 figures to add to my former list 183 ? , 155 (/" or (? . So things now 

 stand 203?, 173 (^ or 5. 



Compared with the normal, with three leaflets, Monophylla is de- 

 generate in foliage and frequently in flower : on the other hand crosses 

 between species frequently give multi-foliate plants which seems to 

 point to the fact that the three leaf plant has not fully developed ; 

 the flowers of such plants are sometimes quite perfect, e.g. the chinensis 

 X garden cross, and sometimes degenerate, e.g. the virginiana x vesca 



Fig. 2. 



cross where very few set seed and there is little pollen, but what there is 

 seems good. Chinensis x F2 {virginiana x vesca) set seed freely, which 

 has germinated very well. One may expect a strong race of plants from 

 a cross with chinensis or chiloensis, and it is more than likely such a race 

 will produce five or even six leaflets on the end of the leaf stalk and two 

 more leaflets on the stalk some three inches lower down. With plants 

 breeding true for flavour it will be possible to make these robust crosses 

 produce fruit of good flavour. Such crosses produce fruit with large 

 seeds, and if they produce these seeds in large numbers the fruit will be 

 large and of good form. The actual shape can no doubt be arranged by 

 crossing with plants of the shape desired ; there is some evidence that 

 long is dominant to round, but at present this is a little confused by 



