Elements of agriculture, southern and Elements of agriculture, southern and western elementsofagricu00welb Year: 1908 SEED SELECTION 75 is produced. This stalk is planted and cane is produced in the usual way, but there is never any telling what kind of cane it will be. It is never likely to resemble the par- ent, and is entirely likely to be different from any other variety of cane ever produced. You are more likely to get Fig. 27. — New Mexico Date Palm from the seed of red cane either white, green, striped, or even black cane, than red cane. Only one in thousands of the kinds produced i
Elements of agriculture, southern and Elements of agriculture, southern and western elementsofagricu00welb Year: 1908 SEED SELECTION 75 is produced. This stalk is planted and cane is produced in the usual way, but there is never any telling what kind of cane it will be. It is never likely to resemble the par- ent, and is entirely likely to be different from any other variety of cane ever produced. You are more likely to get Fig. 27. — New Mexico Date Palm from the seed of red cane either white, green, striped, or even black cane, than red cane. Only one in thousands of the kinds produced in this way has been found to have better qualities than well-known kinds. Irish potatoes and sweet potatoes are said to show^ these same variations when grown from real seed. Other Seed-producing Plants. — With plants that cross
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