﻿Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  Striped 
  grapes, 
  apples 
  and 
  other 
  fruits 
  might 
  

   be 
  mentioned 
  in 
  this 
  connection. 
  

  

  Before 
  leaving 
  the 
  striped 
  varieties, 
  atten- 
  

   tion 
  is 
  called 
  to 
  an 
  interesting 
  deduction, 
  which 
  

   probably 
  gives 
  an 
  explanation 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   most 
  widely 
  known 
  instances 
  of 
  ever-sporting 
  

   garden 
  plants. 
  Striped 
  races 
  always 
  include 
  

   two 
  types. 
  Both 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  fertile, 
  and 
  each 
  

   of 
  them 
  reproduces 
  in 
  its 
  offspring 
  both 
  its 
  

   own 
  and 
  the 
  alternate 
  type. 
  It 
  is 
  like 
  a 
  game 
  

   of 
  ball, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  opposing 
  parties 
  always 
  

   return 
  the 
  ball. 
  But 
  now 
  suppose 
  that 
  only 
  

   one 
  of 
  the 
  types 
  were 
  fertile 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  for 
  

   some 
  reason 
  wholly 
  sterile, 
  and 
  assume 
  the 
  

   reversionary, 
  or 
  primitive 
  monochromatic 
  indi- 
  

   viduals 
  to 
  be 
  fertile, 
  and 
  the 
  derivative 
  striped 
  

   specimens 
  to 
  bloom 
  without 
  seed. 
  If 
  this 
  were 
  

   the 
  case, 
  knowledge 
  concerning 
  the 
  hereditary 
  

   qualities 
  would 
  be 
  greatly 
  limited. 
  In 
  fact 
  the 
  

   whole 
  pedigree 
  would 
  be 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  mono- 
  

   chromatic 
  strain, 
  which 
  would 
  in 
  each 
  genera- 
  

   tion 
  sport 
  in 
  some 
  individuals 
  into 
  the 
  striped 
  

   variety. 
  But, 
  being 
  sterile, 
  they 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  

   able 
  to 
  propagate 
  themselves. 
  

  

  Such 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  the 
  double 
  

   flowered 
  stocks. 
  Their 
  double 
  flowers 
  produce 
  

   neither 
  stamens 
  nor 
  pistils, 
  and 
  as 
  each 
  indi- 
  

   vidual 
  is 
  either 
  double 
  or 
  single 
  in 
  all 
  its 
  flow- 
  

   ers, 
  the 
  doubles 
  are 
  wholly 
  destitute 
  of 
  seed. 
  

  

  