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Journal of Agricultural Research 
Vol. V, No. io 
Table X .—Frequency arrays of the average length of ripe pods of fourth-generation 
crosses of beans (classes of 3 mm.) 
[The asterisk (*) shows the parental pod length] 
F3 parentage. 
F4 progeny. 
Length of 
pod. .mm.. 
52 
55 
58 
61 
64 
67 
70 
73 
76 
79 
82 
85 
88 
91 
94 
97 
100 
X03 
106 
109 
112 
115 
118 
121 
Average 
length of 
pod. 
VL-ic-i. 
1— 
~A~ 
—2~ 
*1- 
—2 
Mm . 
.58 
LV-486-36_ 
*3 
.59 
LV-i86-*<.. 
3 - 
-r- 
5A and 89 
* 
3 - 
-I- 
-3 
.91 
1— 
*11- 
-8- 
—1 
.89 
LV-92—35. 
4— 
—4— 
—1 
* 
.87 
* 
..88 
VXy-216—i. 
*1- 
.91 
LV—558—17.... 
*2— 
-7- 
-6- 
LV—558—24.... 
2 — 
-3- 
% 
—3 
.93 
LV-558-13_ 
—r— 
.92 
LV—558-9. 
*2- 
—x 
LV-558-11_ 
2— 
*1 
.94 
LV—569-22.... 
5- 
*3 
1- 
*3- 
—I 
LV-569-6. 
4- 
—2 
* 
-8- 
*5 
.96 
LV—91—16. 
*0- 
. 99 
LV-91-4. 
4- 
-0- 
* 3 “ 
—4 
VL-85-15. 
1 
2- 
-3— 
*3- 
—2 
. .67 and 104 
VL-480-6. 
4 " 
—5— 
*15- 
.107 
VL~515—21.... 
* 
4- 
-6- 
—4— 
—2 
.105 
VL—515—22.... 
1- 
*1- 
-12- 
-15- 
—10- 
-6- 
—1 
.105 
* 3 - 
-6- 
-8- 
VL—515— 35 - • - - 
3- 
*2- 
-13- 
—1- 
—5— 
.108 
3- 
—1— 
*0- 
-3- 
2- 
* 5 - 
—2— 
-8- 
—1 
VL— 515—31.... 
2— 
—4- 
—9- 
*10— 
—1— 
—1 
* 
2- 
-1- 
—5— 
-1 
*2- 
—4- 
-8- 
-10- 
—4- 
-2- 
—3 
*6- 
—11— 
—5— 
.109 
1— 
-0- 
- 6 - 
—7- 
—1 
* 
.109 
One family (from Ee parent), LV-486-35, shows a ratio of long- 
podded mean to short-podded mean of 1.5. 
In the families of LV-92, the parents ranged from 82 to 97. The 
progenies did not sensibly differ. Judging by these, LV-92 was homo¬ 
zygous for minor factors. The same applies to the families of VI^297. 
On the other hand, the families of VL-515 showed evidence of the 
segregation of a minor factor; a segregation also marked in the field. 
No indubitable evidence of segregation can be seen in the other 
fourth-generation families. 
In Table XI the pod lengths of the third-generation parents are com¬ 
pared with those of their long-podded progenies. The average of the 
whole shows an insignificant excess of pod length in the progenies. 
