Annual Report of the New Jersey State Agricultural Experiment Station and the Annual Report of the New Jersey Agricultural College Experiment Station (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 edition. Excerpt: ...of leaves at each node. 22 commercial varieties of peppers. There was the usual disappointment attendant upon this work in the large number of packets of seeds that failed to produce any seedlings, but nevertheless the list numbered 101. In connection with the study of these sorts, a printed blank was used, a sample of which is herewith presented. It will De noted that the points for observation are grouped under the following heads: seed, seedling, plant, stem, leaf, flower, peduncle and fruit. In the following pages of a report upon the work in progress the same sequence of topics will be followed. RECORD BLANK FOR PEPPERS. Record number Date of planting;of setting; of observations SEED: Source;year;weight;size; shape;color;number in a fruit SEEDLING: Hypocotyl--length;thickness;color Cotyledons--length;breadth;color PLANT: Size;branches few, many. STEM: Upright, prostrate; size;color;hairy; Internodes--length;shape LEAF: Single, fascicled; size--petiole;blade;color FLOWER: Calyx--size;shape;color;cup, saucer, depressed; lobes Corolla--size;shape;color;lobes Stamens--size;shape;color;anthers;pollen Pistil--size;shape;color;lobes PEDUNCLE: Length, thickness, fleshy; pendent, upright. FRLTIT: Single, fascicled; number, size;color--when green; when maturing;when ripe; pungent--mild; point--single, divided; divisions shallow, deep; thickness of flesh; placenta?;shapes--ovate, elliptical, oblong-linear, oblate, oblong, truncate, spherical, sub-conical, prismatic, squarish, sub-truncate, turbinate, cherry-shaped, heart-shaped, deeply lobed, furrowed, wrinkled. MISCELLANEOUS: Stock pure, mixed, true to name, not; variety distinct, not. Pepper Seeds. The seeds of peppers are flat, irregularly lenticular and, generally speaking, straw colored;...