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682 Report or THE HorticuLTURIST OF THE 
Mare Parents. 
Bomba with mother plants from three different varieties gave 
sixty-two seedlings, twelve of which, nineteen per cent, were 
thought worthy of further trial. Of its crosses with Crescent, an 
average of four and a half seedlings were’ discarded to one 
retained ; of its crosses with Stayman’s No. 1, six and a half were 
discarded to one retained, and of its crosses with Summit, one 
and a half were discarded to one retained. 
Dawley with mother plants from three different varieties gave 
thirty seedlings, nearly one-fourth of which, twenty-three per 
cent, are to be kept for further testing. It bears a very strong 
resemblance to Sharpless, and as a male parent it has 
given uniformly good results. Of its crosses with Lida, four 
were discarded on the average to each one retained ; of its 
crosses with Orescent but three and four-tenths were discarded 
to one retained, and of its crosses with Johnston’s Late, but two 
were discarded to one retained. 
Lennig’s White with mother plants from five different varie- 
ties produced 163 seedlings, nearly one-tenth of which, nine per 
cent, were kept for further trial; many of these, however, are to 
be tested simply for home use. Lennig’s White was found to be 
very prepotent in transmitting to its progeny the color and 
shape of its fruit and the color and flavor of its flesh. The ripe 
fruits of its seedlings showed all shades of color from white to 
crimson. With some kinds the flavor was very poor while others 
of its seedlings produced fruit of fine quality with excellent 
flavor, equalling or surpassing the parent in this respect. Unfor- 
tunately some of the largest fruits of beautiful creamy pink color 
ranked very low in quality and flavor. 
Of its crosses with Lida, but two seedlings on the average were 
discarded to each one retained ; of its crosses with Michel’s Early, 
seven were discarded to one retained; of its crosses with John- 
ston’s Late, nine and two-tenths were discarded to one retained ; 
of its crosses with Crescent, thirteen and three tenths were dis- 
carded to one retained, and pe its crosses with Daisy every plant 
was discarded. 3 
Old Ironclad with Crescent for mother plant gave seventy 
seedlings, but two of which, three Bee cent, were bent for further 
peune: 
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