Hayes and Garber - Cucurbit Breeding

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BREEDING OF VEGETABLES 247
frequently used green for slicing or stuffing, whereas hot peppers
more often serve as a condiment in spice mixtures. Number
of days to mature is usually given by seeds-men in describing
varieties. Color, size, shape, and uniformity of fruit are other
important commercial characters.
A limited number of inheritance studies with this vegetable
have been made. Webber (1911) and Ikeno (1913) report
the behavior of certain characters in the second generation after
a cross.
obtained.
Below is given a tabular summary of a part of the results
TABLE LXIV. INHERITANCE IN THE PEPPER
Contrasted characters Fi condition behavior
Violet X white (flower).. Violet (considerable
3:1
variation in amount of
violet coloring)
Violet flower associated with violet coloring in leaf-stem and ripe fruit.
White flower associated with green leaf and stem except for a dark spot
near attachment of petiole.
Umbel X non-umbel (inflorescence)