W. J. Beal—Cross-breeding Plants of the same variety. 345, 
On or before September 16, all were harvested. The pods 
on each plant numbered as follows: 
Old stock 60 62 dead 45 39 = 206 
‘ Crossed stock dead 160 54 29 139 = 382 
Old stock 45 48 $e; Vi $7 = 287 
Crossed stock 36 145 91 42 61 395 
45 35 87 38 35> 190 
Crossed stock 103 68 55 cP he wea Ba gare 429 
Old stock 30 39 48 28 40— 185 
Crossed stock 136 9 58 172 128= 653 
Total old stock = 818 
Total cross stock = 1859 
On comparing the table for August 9th, with that for Sep- 
tember 16, it will be seen that some plants of the old stock had 
lost part of their fruit. This was on account of the decay of 
101 pods. The table also shows that two branches were broken 
and had died before maturing. These contained 73 pods. 
Adding 101 and 73 to 818, we have 992 pods of the old, 
against 1859 of the crossed. In harvesting, all those pods 
badly damaged were rejected. The beans of the old stock 
weighed 29°77 ounces avoirdupois, those of the crossed stock 
weighed 70°33 ounces ayoirdupois, or nearly in the proportion 
of 100 to 236. 
The difference would be a little less, if we allow for the 
broken plants and decayed pods on the old stock. One plant 
of the old and one plant of the crossed stock died early and 
produced no fruit. 
Six lots of 50 beans each, were taken at random from the 
old stock and weighed as follows: 
50 seeds 281 grains. 50 seeds 260 grains. 
50 seeds 262 grains. 50 seeds 259 grains. 
50 seeds 270 grains. 50 seeds 284 grains. 
Total, 1,616 grains. Average, 2693 grains, 
The same number of seeds were taken from the crossed 
stock and weighed as follows: 
50 seeds 220 grains, 50 seeds 210 grains. 
50 seeds 219 grains. 50 seeds 210 grains. 
50 seeds 200 grains. 50 seeds 220 grains. 
Total, 1,279 grains. Average, 2134 grains, 
The average weights of an equal number of beans from each 
stock were nearly as 100 to 79 in favor of the old stock. 
Agricultural College, Lansing, Michigan. 
* This plant contained a dead branch with 21 immature pods. 
+ This plant contained a dead branch with 52 immature pods. 
