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but we find in tlic first generation marked indications of the influ- 

 ence of both parents — the habit of the plant and the size of the 

 fruit resembling the female, while the color of the male is 

 apparent. 



None of the products of this series promised to be of any 

 commercial value, however, and they were not considered by the 

 writer after leaving Cornell. All of the seeds from each of the 

 individuals treated as indicated on page 84 were sown by Professor 

 Bailey, in 1891, and his comments on the behavior of the result- 

 ing plants, as published in a recent bulletin,* are here given : 



Fig. 9. Giant Purple. 



"It is interesting to note the influence of Black Pekin in A. 3 

 and A. 4, into which this variety has twice entered as a staminate 

 parent. All the plants 203, in number, were purple in foliage and 

 like Black Pekin in habit ; and most of the fruits were solid 

 purple, although a few striped fruits still showed the influence of 

 the Round White two generations back. The ones into which the 

 Round White entered twice — A. 2 and A. 7 — do not show so 

 stronglv the marks of the double infusion of blood. In A. 2, 



* Bulletin 49, Cornell University Experiment Station, Dec. 1892. 



