. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. rs from these may be used to start newbeds with very satisfactory results. The Peach.—Some seedling peaches come rather true to theparental characters. Others vary considerably. Probably thisis because of pollen being introduced from other sources. Theorchardist will be able to detect the best seedlings and find verypromising variations. By taking buds from the best individuals,a nu
. Horticulture; a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; plant breeding; gardening; orcharding; small fruit growing; forestry; beautifying home grounds; the soils and enemies involved. rs from these may be used to start newbeds with very satisfactory results. The Peach.—Some seedling peaches come rather true to theparental characters. Others vary considerably. Probably thisis because of pollen being introduced from other sources. Theorchardist will be able to detect the best seedlings and find verypromising variations. By taking buds from the best individuals,a nursery may be started and a new variety is the result. Our 28 PLANT BREEDING purpose should not be to multiply varieties needlessly. It shouldrather be to obtain products that are better than the best. Suchan aim is a worthy one. The Tomato.—When people are canning tomatoes or slicingthem for the table, they will notice wide variations in the propor-tion of flesh to seed pulp. A little observation will show certainindividuals with tough skin which would allow the fruits to behandled without much damage. Some individuals are deeply lobedand cause waste of the fruit at paring time; others are bad in color;. Fig. 15.—Breeding plots of plants must be protected from sparrows if comparisons are tobe made in yield, etc. (Minnesota Station.) still others may rot badly, and some plants may suffer from saving seed from individuals that are most perfect in all thesecharacteristics the gardener is establishing a most beneficial prac-tice. It may result in improving tomatoes for all the world. Improving Seed Potatoes.—In saving seed from Irish potatoes(Fig. 16) and from sweet potatoes, we must remember that we aresaving the buds or the roots from the parent plant. There is nopollinating or crossing involved in either case. If we save seedpotatoes from the most productive plants, the tendency will be to CORN BREEDING 29 increase production. If these potatoes are small, the o
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