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result from crossing Black on Blackeye; large and small black 

 Crowders; large and small purple Crowders with Taylor markings; 

 a Taylor Crowder; large and small black Crowders with buff spots 

 having the Taylor speckling; white with the eye colored like Taylor. 

 The TThippoorwill and the Clay varieties apparently did not enter 

 into any of the hybrids, but in another lot of seeds sent by Mr. 

 Trinkle in February, 1909, is a Whippoorwill Crowder. 



These seeds of the 1907 crops were picked from others after 

 thrashing, so that each lot as finally separated may have been the 

 product of more than one individual plant. These seeds were 

 planted in 1908 in 1-rod rows and most of these rows produced seed 

 like that sown. In a number of cases, hoAvever, the resultant progeny 

 was diverse and indicated pretty clearly the parentage of the crosses. 

 Following is a specific account of the results observed : 



0423. Seeds colored like Watson. In 1908 this cross broke up into Watson 

 and Blackeye. The Blackeye bred true in 1909, while the Watson-colored seed, 

 mass selection, again broke up into Watson and Blackeye. 



0546. A half Crowder, purplish seed with Taylor markings. In 1908 this 

 cross produced plants with seeds like the parent, and others having nearly black 

 seeds with a few spots colored like Taylor. In 1909 the Taylor half Crowder 

 bred true, while the Black with the Taylor spots produced the following 

 progeny : Four plants like the parent ; two plants with brownish seeds having 

 very faint Taylor specks; one plant with both kinds of these seeds within the 

 same pod. 



0550. Small purple Crowder seeds with Taylor markings. In 1908 this cross 

 produced plants with seeds like the parent and other plants that were typical 

 Lady. The Lady seeds bred true, while the purple Crowder seeds in 1909 pro- 

 duced four plants like the parent and two of Lady. 



0551. A medium-sized purplish-black Crowder. This cross in 1908 produced 

 Cream, as well as plants having seed like the parent. The 1908 purple-black 

 Crowders yielded in 1909 two plants with black Crowder seeds having buff 

 specks, and two plants like the parent. 



0552. Seeds purplish-black Crowder with buff spots having Taylor specklings. 

 In 1908 this cross produced plants with seed like the parent, and others having 

 Crowder seeds with the Taylor markings. These were both planted in 1909, 

 the former yielding five plants with black Crowder seeds, three plants with 

 black Crowder seeds having buff spots, one Lady, and one small Crowder with 

 the seeds colored like Taylor. The other produced six plants with seeds like 

 itself, one Cream, and one black Crowder. 



0554. Oblong purplish-black seeds with buff spots having Taylor markings. 

 Among the progeny of this number for the two years are the following : Black, 

 brown, brown with buff specks, buff with brown Taylor specklings, brownish 

 Crowder with very faint Taylor speckling, a small purple Crowder with Taylor 

 specklings, and a small purple Taylor Crowder with Taylor specklings. 



0563. A small purplish Crowder with Taylor specklings. Both in 1908 and 

 in 1909. this cross produced Lady besides plants like the parent. The Lady 

 bred true. 



0615. Seeds white with a black saddle. This cross produced both in 1908 and 

 1909 Blackeyed Lady with small subglobose seeds, besides the parent form. 

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