THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FRUIT 



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Table 8. — Influence of Seed Number on Sugar Content and Acidity in 



Pears 



{After Ewert'-) 



Grams of reducing sugar in 100 

 cubic centimeters of sap 



Grams of acid, calculated as malic 



acid, in 1000 cubic centimeters of 



sap 



Fruits seedless j 



Fruits 1-seeded I 



Frui.ts 2-seeded .• . . 



5.81 

 8,33 

 9.26 



0.98 

 1.61 

 1.79 



Table 9. — Analyses of Caprified and Uncaprified Figs 

 (After CoruUr-^) 



Variety I Analysis by 



I 



Fig d'Or, caprified Du Sablon 



Fig d'Or, uncaprified j Du Sablon 



Fig Datte, caprified | Du Sablon 



Fig Datte, uncaprified j Du Sablon 



Bourjassotte, caprified Du Sablon 



Bourjassotte, uncaprified j Du Sablon 



Adriatic, caprified W. V. Cruess 



Adriatic, uncaprified W. V. Cruess 



Dottato, caprified (Kadota) W. V. Cruess 



Dottato, uncaprified (Kadota) W. V. Cruess 



Dottato (dried), caprified F. W. Albro 



Dottato (dried), uncaprified F. W. Albro 



Adriatic (half dried), caprified F. E. Twinning 



Adriatic (half dried), uncaprified F. E. Twinning 



Adriatic (fresh), uncaprified M. E. Jaffa 



Adriatic (fresh), caprified M. E. Jaffa 



Adriatic (dry), uncaprified M. E. Jaffa 



Adriatic (dry), caprified ' M. E. Jaffa 



seeds, or when there are only three or four seeds and these are well 

 distributed.'" When there is only a single seed, or two or three seeds 

 in adjacent locules, the flesh surrounding these is dark while that some 

 distance away is light colored. When these varieties produce seedless 

 fruits all of their flesh is hght colored. O'kame and Yemon, possessing 

 full complements of seeds, have dark colored flesh immediately surround- 

 ing the seeds, but light colored flesh next to the skin. Tsuru, Costata, 

 Triumph and some others are light fleshed whether seeds are present 

 or not. The dark flesh of persimmons is edible while stiU hard and flrm, 

 but the light flesh remains astringent untfl it softens. Hume'" states 

 that no variety is known which is dark fleshed when seedless, but Condit^" 

 reports an apparent exception to this rule. 



Variation in seed number is accompanied by differences in composi- 



