AGRICULTURAL EXPRIMENT STATION. 



71 



offspring. Seeds from several of the fruits under study were 

 sown in the house, but owing to an accident the test as to per 

 cent, and rapidity of germination was abandoned. Several plants 

 of each lot were grown, however, and were treated precisely alike 

 during the season, with the results shown in the accompanying 

 table. 



4' 



N&l>. 



Fig. 4. Different Amounts of Pollen. 



Each cluster of fruits is designated by a letter and the individ- 

 ual fruits by the word "maximum" or "minimum" according as 

 an excess or a very small amount of pollen was employed. 



TABLE V. — Secondary Influence of Pollen. 





05 











w 



3 • 







p 



=M a 



S8 



•*- SS 







ft 



. ft 



Cm 

 O 



o . 





. ft 



O 



> 



\^ 



<! 



s 



69 



3 



68 



4 



50 



2 



27 



6 



58 



3 



70 



6 



62 



4 



74 





^■5 o 



«-5 



aj ft 



OJ ft 





(Max 

 (Min. 



f Max , 

 I Min., 



(Max. 

 I Min.. 



Max 

 Min.. 



17.7 

 17.3 



10.7 

 4.6 



13.3 

 15.3 



21.1 

 20.0 



4.11 

 4.09 



3.43 



2.74 



3.70 

 3.49 



4.62 

 4.32 



Au£ 



Sept. 



AU£ 



Auf 



23 

 25 



21 

 3 



38 

 15 



20 

 22 



As a rule, the offspring from the fruits receiving an excess of 

 pollen were slightly the more productive and without exception the 

 average weight of the individual fruits from these plants was 

 greater. In general, however, the difference was but slight. 



Further study on this point may throw some light on the ques- 

 tion of the importance of the individual characteristics of a fruit 



