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As in the first series, a number of individuals were again crossed 

 with the orighial parents and some of the more promising types 

 were selected without artificial pollination. All of these crosses 

 and selections were grown by Professor Bailey at Cornell Univer- 

 sity,* and some of those appearing most valuable were brought by 

 the writer to Maine. 



Fig. 10. White Chinese. 



The parentage of those grown at this station was as follows : 



B 1. Crossed by Giant Purple (female parent). 



B 2. Pollinated by another flower from same plant. 



B 3. Crossed by Giant Purple. 



B 5. Crossed by Giant Purple, as in B 1 and B 3. 



B 7. Selection, not artificially pollinated. 



In every instance these parent fruits were of the general form 

 and color above described. The offspring, however, were exceed- 

 ingly variable. The plants were of the intermediate type, charac- 



* See Bulletin 49 Cornell Univ. Exp. Sta., Dec, 1892. 



