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following autumn a normal crop of fruit was gathered from these hags 
and a total of 108 seeds were harvested. 
In 1912 the following similar crosses were made: Scuppernong X 
Hope, Thomas X Hope, and James X Hope. In each case the Hope 
vine was used as the staminate parent of the cross, and every cross 
seemed to be a congenial one, since a normal crop of fruit was harvested 
from these hags in the fall. A total of 1,351 seeds were obtained from 
the cross between Scuppernong and Hope, 1,117 seeds from the cross 
between Thomas and Hope, and 333 seeds from the cross between James 
and Hope. 
In 1913 the variety Flowers was crossed with pollen from the Hope 
vine, and in all 309 seeds were harvested. 
Fig. 7.—A flower cluster with reflexed stamens from a hermaphrodite vine and a flower clus¬ 
ter from a staminate vine. Note the comparative sizes and the characteristic type of each. 
Natural size. 
In 1914 a light-colored seedling of James (F-13) was crossed with 
Hope and 149 seeds obtained. In the same year a dark seedling of 
Scuppernong (P-48) was crossed with pollen from Hope and 216 seeds 
obtained. All of these seeds were planted, and the resulting seedlings 
were later transplanted to nursery rows for study. 
The following table gives the results obtained to date as to the differ¬ 
ent types of flowers that were observed among the progeny of the afore¬ 
mentioned crosses: 
From this table we learn (1) that in every cross where Hope was used 
as the male parent on vines with reflexed stamens, only hermaphrodite 
vines have been obtained. Hot one staminate vine has as yet appeared 
in any of these lots of seedlings. 
