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The Bulletin 
TABLE No. 4 
Misleading Sfx Ratios 
Parentage 
Age of 
Vines 
Total 
Number 
Vines 
Number 
Vines 
Blooming 
Staminate 
Vines 
Hermaph¬ 
rodite 
Vines—- 
Reflexed 
Stamens 
Hermaph¬ 
rodite 
Vines— 
Upright 
Stamens 
Scuppernong X L. Male_ 
2 years_ 
51 
18 
16 
2 
0 
Thomas X L. Male _ 
2 years_ 
72 
31 
23 
8 
0 
James X L. Male.. __ 
2 years_ 
64 
47 
27 
20 
0 
James X L. Male.. -_- 
2 years_ 
63 
31 
17 
14 
0 
Scuppernong X L. Male_ 
2 years_ 
128 
66 
55 
11 
0 
Scuppernong X D. Male_ 
2 years_ 
644 
198 
143 
55 
0 
Scuppernong X L. Male_ 
2 years_ 
832 
176 
157 
19 
0 
Lab. Aest. X Lab. Male_ 
2 years_ 
65 
19 
19 
0 
0 
Totals..... 
1,919 
586 
457 
129 
0 
Scuppernong X Hope_ 
3 years_ 
57 
8 
0 
2 
6 
Scuppernong X Hope- 
2 years_ 
661 
79 
0 
18 
61 
Thomas X Hope_ _ 
2 years_ 
443 
108 
0 
27 
81 
James X Hope — .. .. __ 
2 years_ 
157 
31 
0 
9 
22 
Total_ _ . 
1,318 
226 
0 
56 
170 
From the first part of this table it becomes evident that the staminate 
vines in every case outnumber the hermaphrodite vines which bear the 
reflexed type of stamen, and that the ratio of the total number of such 
vines at the age of two years from seed is 457 staminate to 129 hermaph¬ 
rodite vines with reflexed stamens, or 3.5:1. But there are still 1,333 
vines which have not yet bloomed. It is necessary, therefore, that the 
types of flowers of all of these be considered before final conclusions 
are drawn. 
The second part of the table shows the numbers of vines of the differ¬ 
ent types that bloomed at the age of two and three years when Hope 
was used as a male parent. Again, those plants that bear the upright 
stamens are in the majority, 170 vines with upright stamens as com¬ 
pared with 56 vines of the type that bears the reflexed stamens, or a 
ratio of 3:1. 
Referring to Tables Hos. 2 and 3, we observe that when these same 
vines are three or more years of age the ratios of the vines that bear 
upright stamens to those that bear the reflexed stamens have been almost 
equaled. The ratios in both of these tables no longer stand as 3 : 1, but 
practically as 1:1, the theoretical ratio. 
The third point under consideration deals with the ratio of the types 
of flowers that appear among seedling vines when both of the parent 
vines produce hermaphrodite flowers with upright stamens. 
While testing the Hope vine for self-fertility, a certain number of 
seeds were secured from fruits that had developed in the cloth bags 
without the introduction of any foreign pollen. In 1913 sixty-eight 
seeds were thus secured and planted. From these 68 seeds only 7 plants 
