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i., the 
EXPERIMENTS IN GROSSING. 
1.—Telegraph crossed with Native Pea No. 1. 
A.— Description of Parents . 
Sutton's Telegraph pea. —This is described as being on the average 
5 feet in height, and as being “ Singularly free from the frequent 
objectionable sports.” 
The sample obtained consisted of large seeds which varied a good 
deal in shape, and as regards surface might usually have been des¬ 
cribed as almost dimpled. The starch grains however are of the 
form typical for “round” peas, and the seeds therefore belong to the 
“round” group as distinguished from the “ wrinkled ”* The coty¬ 
ledons were of a deep green colour with hardly any tinge of yellow in 
the great majority of cases. The testa 
parent. The seeds varied in longest di* 
average of 500 being 8*7 mm. 
As grown in Ceylon the average height of the plants was about 
5 feet ; but the height was also very variable, ranging from 3 to 7 
feet in different individuals. The stems were stout and the foliage 
large. The flowers were always pure white. The pods were large- 
about 20 mm. in width-and well inflated, and they tapered to a point 
at the apex. The seeds were not so well “ filled out ” as those ofthe 
original sample, but were elongated and nearly square in cross section. 
447 seeds, gathered in February, 1903, from P^of^the first 
generation, included 68 per cent, fully 
piebald or tinged with yellow, and 2 per c 
Selection of the roundest and of the m _ 
original sample had practically no effect upon the ormo o 
spring, which was slightly more irregular than in the first generation. 
Native pea No. l.-The plants of this form are slim and the folmge 
small. The height varied enormously according to the rime of 
sowingand the amount of moisture. In this way thearerope tag* 
varied from 3 feet to 5 feet 6 inches; but the vanarion among as 
individual plants was less than in the c«e of Telegraph. The 
* Cp. p. 324. 
5 . fully yellow. 
; wrinkled seeds of the 
