. Report of the director . nd other root crops. Some seeds-men have succeeded in producing Chantenay carrots that are prac-tically 100 per cent true to the Chantenay shape of root. Underexactly the same conditions other strains of this variety have allof their roots of the Danvers type. Equal differences are shownin inside and outside color. The carrot presents difficulties to theplant breeder. The structure of the flower and the method offertilization are such that it is difficult to control pollination so as to 474 Connecticut Experiment Station Bulletin 337 obtain a greater fixity of type.
. Report of the director . nd other root crops. Some seeds-men have succeeded in producing Chantenay carrots that are prac-tically 100 per cent true to the Chantenay shape of root. Underexactly the same conditions other strains of this variety have allof their roots of the Danvers type. Equal differences are shownin inside and outside color. The carrot presents difficulties to theplant breeder. The structure of the flower and the method offertilization are such that it is difficult to control pollination so as to 474 Connecticut Experiment Station Bulletin 337 obtain a greater fixity of type. The seed does not develop properlywhen self-pollinated and there is a marked reduction in sizefollowing such inbreeding. Two lots of eggplant developed in Japan by hybridization werefound to be remarkably early, heavy-bearing, and of good were ready to pick when New York and Black Beauty hadset only a few and they bore from 4 to 6 more fruits on each plant,but the Japanese fruit was not as large as the Figure 39. Pepper of Sweet Spanish type bred on Station Farm. Spinach Varieties Compared Several strains of regular and long-standing Savoy spinach anda few of the smoother leaved types were compared on the Windsorfield. All of the regular Savoy made about the same amount ofgrowth, and in color, curliness of leaf, and uniformity were aboutequal. The Connecticut Station Savoy made the fastest growth,but it also varied the most and produced so many seed stalks that itcannot yet be recommended. Attempts are being made to correctthese faults. Report of the Director 475 The long standing Savoy grew somewhat slower than the other,the leaves were darker green and more curly, and the plants wereremarkably uniform in type and entirely free from seed stalks. Berry Breeding In 1931 there were 8,000 crosses of strawberry plants growingon the Station farm in Mount Carmel for study and were combinations of self-fertilized strains of three standardvarietie
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