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in the selection of seed. We have already observed* that the 

 character of tiie individual fruit is of less importance than that 

 of the parent plant as a whole, but it also seems that the small 

 size of the fruit, which we now believe specifically due to imper- 

 fect pollination, may be co-incident with Jack of vigor, and that 

 this lack of vigor will be apparent in the offspring to a greater or 

 less extent. 



8. Varieties: Among the varieties grown the past season 

 were most of the older standard sorts and some of the more 

 recent introductions. The accompanying table will give a com- 

 prehensive view of the comparative merits of these varieties as 

 regards size, productiveness and earliness. 



TABLE VII. — CoMPAKisoH of Varieties. 



Varieties. 



. 





2 



Si 



hs CO 

















a 



,^ 



3 4^ 



*-> 



'C ^ 



"» jj 



03 



o 



o 







0=" N 



^— O 



^1 



W3 



pa 



o 



o 



> c. 



-^ 



> > 





t25 



(5 



< 



^ 



< 



Q 



11 



131 



11.9 



4.74 



6.4 



Aug. 1. 



12 



194 



16.2 



4.20 



4.2 



July 29. 



12 



169 



14.1 



3.96 



4.5 



Aug. 1. 



11 



158 



14.4 



6.00 



6.7 



'• 11. 



12 



201 



16.7 



5.65 



5.0 



" 3. 



12 



200 



16.7 



5.13 



4.9 



July 26. 



11 



117 



10.6 



3.92 



5.9 



Aug. 2. 



12 



310 



•J5.8 



7.21 



4.5 



" 1. 



12 



135 



11.2 



4.46 



6.4 



" 8. 



11 



124 



11.3 



3.96 



5.6 



" 8. 



12 



161 



]3.4 



5.87 



7.0 



" 1. 



10 



202 



20.2 



5.34 



4.2 



July 29. 



12 



241 



20.1 



6.93 



5.5 



Aug. 11. 



12 



249 



20.7 



7.57 



5.8 



" 3. 



12 



164 



13.7 



4.95 



5.8 



" 9. 



11 



170 



15.5 



8.00 



8.3 



July 25. 



11 



203 



18.5 



6.11 



5.3 



Aug. 3. 



12 



16S 



14.0 



6.48 



7.4 



•' 12. 



12 



299 



24.9 



7.89 



5.1 



" 1. 



12 



141 



11.7 



4.74 



6.5 



" 9. 



10 



140 



14.0 



5.00 



5.7 



" 2. 



11 



67 



6.1 



4.19 



11.0 



«' 11. 



12 



207 



17.2 



2.55 



7.0 



" 4. 



11 



222 



20.2 



7.40 



5.9 



" 2. 



12 



327 



27 2 



3.36 



2.0 



July 25. 



12 



209 



17.4 



6.00 



5.5 



Aug. 2. 



11 



111 



10.1 



3.90 



6.2 



" 8. 



12 



173 



14.4 



6.40 



7.1 



" 2. 



9 



153 



17.0 



6.20 



5.8 



" 5. 



12 



226 



18.8 



6.73 



5.7 



•' 5. 



12 



328 



27.3 



7.27 



4.3 



'■ 1. 



>. 0,10 



O Oi ft 



a s- 

 o & 



Americus Hybrid . . 



Atliintic 



Chemin Market 



Cleveland 



Early Ricbmond . .. 



Early Ruby 



Essex Hybrid 



Faultless 



Favorite 



Golden Queen 



Ignotum 



Ithaca 



Long Keeper 



Lorillard 



Livingston's Beauty 



Mikiido 



Mitchell 



New Jersey 



Optimus 



Paragon 



Perfection 



Pondeiosa 



Potomac 



Potato Leaf 



Prelude 



Red Cross 



stone 



Table Queen 



The Hovey 



Volunteer 



Yellow Victor 



40 

 70 

 59 

 39 

 89 

 81 

 35 

 93 

 39 

 38 

 61 

 82 

 34 

 69 

 45 

 42 

 50 

 31 

 98 

 38 

 41 

 14 

 47 

 48 



129 

 46 

 25 

 51 

 45 

 73 



136 



The most productive varieties, in point of number, were Yellow 

 Victor and Prelude, with an average of 27 ripe fruits per plant, 

 before frost. Following these were Faultless with 26, and 



* Bulletin 21, Cornell University Experiment Station, page 75. 



