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Immature Seed. 
Maize. Flint corn, sweet corn and dent corn, harvested before 
glazing or hardening and brought to the house, germinated kernels 
freely while still on the cob, 
Waushakum flint corn harvested just at the point of glazing, husked 
and hung up to dry, continued the ripening process so that at last it 
would not be suspected but that our samples had thoroughly ripened 
in the field. 
Pea. Peas planted when at edible maturity vegetated as well as ripe 
seed. 
Mutilations. 
Corn. Corn plants of the Waushakum variety, cut off at the surface 
of the ground when five inches tall, received no injury, but continued 
their growth. A second cutting, when the plant had again attained 
five inches, did no apparent harm. A third cutting, however, appeared 
to enfeeble the plants. 
Variation. 
Tomato. The number of cells and the proportion of fresh seed and 
pulp are not constant in varieties of the tomato, nor are the number 
of petals and sepals to the flower. On September 10 we gathered ten 
fruits of Livingstone’s Favorite, and found the following weight in 
grammes: 
Weight in grammes of Per cent 
No. of Pulp of pulp. etc., 
cells. Fruit. and seeds. to fruit. 
ME eR ler Rici ot so) wha hfe wistaiatelelels a o's fils R220 y 
NE eae a. ass oid a phatala le. chal edie! sia late 197 41-90 = 21-2 
IEEE le) chy! oi ts aleve} Wiets'b. of ovnin (elle wiis’e-e's £79 48-20 24-1 
ESE FOCI Sesh oF, aig) 6. GP 9. 5) bY ol Bw, bern aioe ala sbi ol 175-2 §=35-50 = .20-2 
ER iets) cris lei wets (y's Wiel ed's acarnre « 164-55 29-90 18-1 
chet Wns wicca s crs eeieclee 162-50 388-20 23-5 
I eg os Lio wate ove sep Weiule, see 6 126-50 12.00 9-5 
SSS ok Soe ghee ween ee eles 83-55 8-50 10-2 
ae Og Rae Pe Sa en ae ae 74-70 7-20 9-6 
BREE eae ofa a 'e's's > re MS oe RR a 28 1 ede AAC 56-90 5-15 9-0 
Onion. A single stem of the White Portugal onion (which grew 
from a bulb produced by a plant which went to seed last year), formed. 
bulblets upon the summit, together with seed. 
In the case of a fracture in the stem of a plant of the same variety 
of onion a seed-bearing cluster grew out of the fracture. 
Plants of the Top Onion formed seeds together with bulblets. 
Biennials changing to annuals, 
Last year plants of Scorzonera, Salsify and Carrot formed seed, and 
hence were annuals. This annual seed this year produced annual 
plants. 
