when he counted up the f2 plants he found that ; trait - dominant form to recessive form - -ratio- flower color - 705 to 224 - - 3.15 : 1 seed color - 6022 to 2001 - - 3.01 : 1 seed shape - 5474 to 1850 - - 2.96 : 1 pod color - 428 to 152 - - 2.82 : 1 pod shape - 882 to 299 - - 2.95 : 1 flower position - 651 to 207 - - 3.14 : 1 plant height - 787 to 227 - - 2.84 : 1 no matter what the actual raw numbers he counted , when he divided the number of dominant forms by the number recessive forms , the ratio always came out very close to 3 : 1 .