STUDY OF BUFFUM FRUITS. 



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were normal, but the shape was not that generally recognized as 

 typical. These fruits could be readily distinguished when hanging on 

 the tree or mixed with crosses on the table. 



In looking over all the fruits on these trees an occasional one was 

 found which resembled the self-pollinated fruits more closely than the 

 crosses, but only two or three occurred on each tree. With very few 

 exceptions, theu, the fruits on the tree at large could be recognized as 

 crosses. The self-pollinated Bartletts produced a few seeds, but decid- 

 edly fewer in number than the crosses, as the preceding tables show. 



1^0 exact record was kept of seeds from outside fruits, but a number 

 were examined and the average was about five to seven in each fruit. 

 Thus the seeds will aid still further in distinguishing crossed fruits 

 {see PI. XI). 



Of a dozen or so outside fruits examined, none were so deficient in 

 seeds as those self-pollinated. In the character of both seeds and fruits 

 the pears on the trees at large could be recognized as the products of 

 cross-x)ollination . 



BUFFUM. 



Buffum self-poUinatcd (Ixochcster), inclosed in paper hags. 



Record 

 No. 



Fnaits. 



Weight. 



Shape. 



Quality. 



Season. 



Eemarks. 



3198 



3206 



3210 



3211 



3212a 



32126 



3213 



3215 



3217 



Average... 



Grams. 

 44 

 56 

 52 

 58 

 62 

 48 

 45 

 41 

 46 



41.7 



Long 

 ....do 

 . . . .do 

 ....do 

 ....do 

 ....do 

 ....do 

 ....do 

 ....do 





Good 



....do 



Early 



do 



Overripe. 





fin 



do 





do 1 do 









....do 



....do 





....do 



....do 





....do 



....do 







....do 









Eecord 

 No. 



Seeds. 



Sound. Abortive. 



No. 



Weight. 



Eeraarks. 



No. 



Weight. 



E em arks. 



3198 , 



3206 



3210 



3211 



3212ft 



3212& 



3213 



3215 



3217 



Average . . . 





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 



Grams. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 





10 

 9 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



Grams. 

 0. 03 

 0.01 

 0.03 

 0. 03 

 0. 05 

 0. 04 

 0.04 

 0. 04 

 0.04 



Very small. 



Do. 

 Small, dark. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Small, light. 











9.9 



0. 04 



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