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The Bulletin 
The fruit clusters of Hope are very small; one, two, three, and four 
berries usually constituting the average cluster. One would think that 
a cluster bearing from 200 to 300 flowers ought to produce a fairly good- 
sized fruit cluster, but, contrary to expectation, only a very few berries 
Fig. 5.—The largest cluster of fruit that was ever found on the Hope vine. The flowers 
of this cluster were not protected from cross-pollination. Natural size. 
