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Figures 2 and 3 are from photographs of a cluster in which each 

 fruit has a different male parent. The variety used was the Loril- 

 lard. Number 1 received pollen of the same variety, while number 

 2 was given pollen from the "Currant," and number 3 from the 

 "Peach." As in the previous instance, there is no apparent effect 

 on the form of the fruit ; and the seeds gave no indication of the 

 different parentage — all were apparently typical Lorillard seeds. 



In the offspring, the differences are very marked. The lines are 

 sharply drawn between the crosses with Peach and Currant, the 

 influence of the respective male parents being very evident, while 

 the Lorillard cross is apparently unaffected by either of the others ; 

 indicating that there was no error in the operation, also that there 

 has been no transfer of influence along the short peduncles, as 

 suggested by Lowe.* 



In an extended series of experiments with egg plants, conducted 

 for three consecutive years at the Cornell University and the 

 Maine State College, the most widely varying types have been 

 crossed. In no instance, however, has there appeared an immedi- 

 ate effect of the male parent. The little Eound White when 

 crossed with pollen from Black Pekin, differed in no respect from 

 other fruits on the same plant. But the offspring of this cross 

 showed very marked variations. The same facts were observed 

 regarding several other crosses, f 



As before noted, instances have been reported in which the color 

 of flowers was apparently changed by the action of foreign pollen 

 the current season. An instance of such change has never come 

 under my observation, though I have made numerous crosses of 

 different varieties of Tropseolum, Fuchsia, Silene, Phlox, Petunia, 

 and other ornamental plants. 



* See page 54. 



t Bailey and Munson, Experiences with Egg Plants, Bui. 26 Cornell Ex. Sta., p. 14. 



