FEMALE PARENT 

 VARIETY Yellow Plum 



HYBRID 



MALE PARENT 

 VARIETY Quarter Century 



Height tall 

 Color yellow 

 Size small plum 



Height-/a 

 Color red 

 Size intermediate 



FJ HYBRIDS 



Helght-4u>ar/ 

 Color-red 

 Slto-larae round 



Height tall 

 Color red 

 Size small plum 



Height tall 



Color red 



Size intermediate 



Height tall 

 Color-yellow 

 Size small plum 



Height dwarf 

 Color red 

 Size small plum 



Height dwarf 



Color ^red 



S Iz e in ter mediate 



Height tall 



Color red 



Size large round 



Height tall 

 Color yellow 

 Size intermediate 



Height dwqrf 

 Color -yellow 

 Size small plum 



O 



Height-tall 

 Color yellow 

 Size large round 



Height dwarf 



Colorred 



Size large round 



Height dwarf 

 Color yellow 

 Size intermediate 



Height dwarf 

 Color yellow 

 Size large round 



FIG. 48. Mendelism in tomatoes. There were, found in a field of Fz 

 hybrids, the 12 distinct types, illustrated above. This redistribution 

 of characters illustrates an important economic bearing of Mendel's 

 law. 



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