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terizing those of the first generation, but in the fruits wide differ- 

 ences were noted. B 1 into which Giant Purple has twice entered 

 — first as pistillate, then as staminate parent — still showed the effect 

 of White Chinese in two out of the eight plants grown. As a rule 

 the fruits were dark purple and of greater diameter than the 

 Immediate parent, but one fruit while of the form of Giant Purple 

 had the light apex and streaks of the immediate parent, while 

 another was very light purple with green apex and stripes even 

 when very immature. 



B 2 which contained no fresh admixture of either parent, 

 showed a marked tendency to revert to the light form. With 

 three exceptions the fruits were much lighter colored than the 

 parent. Two plants bore fruits of a dark green ground color with 

 apex nearly white and dotted and splashed with purple ; while 

 another bore very light green fruit with splashes of purple fading 

 to a yellowish green at maturity. 



B 3 showed very plainly the double influence of Giant Purple. 

 In no case was the immediate parent perpetuated. The plants 

 were exceedingly vigorous ; leaves large, considerably lobed. 

 Fruit ovate — about 6 inches long and 4 inches in diameter — very 

 dark purple, almost black. Two plants bore fruit with lighter 

 apex, but the very light forms seen in B 1 were not present. 



B 5 verjT closely resembled B 3 in form and color but with 

 greater tendency to light apex. The fruits were very handsome — 

 often 9 inches long and 4 inches in diameter. B 7 was exceed- 

 ingly variable both in form and color — the latter ranging from 

 very dark purple through all gradations to light green with white 

 apex and no trace of purple. 



Selections from all of the above types were again made, but 

 most of the fruits failed to ripen and were lost. Those saved 

 were grown the past season and gave the following results : B 1 

 (a) — a selection from B 1, bearing purple fruits shaped like Giant 

 Purple — retained the form of its immediate parent but was exceed- 

 ingly variable as to color, many of the fruits being dull green with 

 white apex and stripes, others irregularly splashed and mottled 

 with purple. B 5 (a) also showed a marked tendency to revert to 

 the white form. The parent was in no case perpetuated and no 

 valuable form appeared. B 7 (a) — selected from the light type of 

 B 7 in 1891 — in no case gave a suggestion of the purple color of 

 the Giant Purple. The form was oblong-pyriform, about 3 1-2 

 by 6 inches. Aside from the very small sorts this selection was 



