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MISSISSIPPI EXPERIMENT STATION. 



long, 2-3 mm. wide, green; petals 4, wedge-shaped, rounded at apex^ 

 9-11 mm. long, and 3.5 mm. wide; lamina pale yellow with purple 

 veins and a purplish margin; stamens 4, 4 mm. long, anthers 2 mm. 

 long; anthers soften as they approach maturity, producing no good 

 pollen. Stigma small, capitate, yellow; style thickish, cylindrical tO' 

 fusiform, 4 mm. long, 1 mm. thick; ovary cylindrical, 5 mm. long, 1 mm. 

 thick. No fruit matured. i 



The radish x kohlrabi hybrid shows several interesting characters 

 when compared with its parents. The color of the entire plant is much 

 like that of the staminate parent, although not quite such a deep pur- 

 ple; the color of the flowers is intermediate, having some of the yellow 

 of the kohlrabi parent and the purple veins of the radish parent. 



The hybrid is entirely glabrous, like the staminate parent. Its 

 leaves are like those of the radish parent in form and shape, being 

 slightly shorter and more narrow; they have about the same "feel" and 



Fig. 



35. — Radish 



X 



Kohirabi 



