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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  attaining 
  a 
  number 
  that 
  would 
  put 
  its 
  stamp 
  on 
  

   a 
  whole 
  bed. 
  I 
  have 
  endeavored 
  to 
  get 
  some 
  

   six- 
  and 
  seven-bladed 
  crimson 
  clover 
  leaves, 
  but 
  

   in 
  vain 
  ; 
  selection, 
  culture 
  of 
  many 
  hundreds 
  of 
  

   individuals, 
  manure, 
  and 
  the 
  best 
  possible 
  treat- 
  

   ment 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  adequate 
  to 
  produce 
  them. 
  

   Of 
  course 
  I 
  am 
  quite 
  convinced 
  that 
  a 
  repetition 
  

   of 
  my 
  experiment 
  on 
  a 
  far 
  larger 
  scale 
  would 
  

   yield 
  the 
  desired 
  types, 
  but 
  then 
  only 
  in 
  such 
  

   rare 
  instances 
  that 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  no 
  influence 
  

   whatever 
  on 
  the 
  average, 
  or 
  on 
  the 
  improve- 
  

   ment 
  of 
  the 
  race. 
  The 
  eighth 
  generation 
  in 
  the 
  

   year 
  1903 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  noticeably 
  better 
  than 
  

   the 
  second 
  and 
  third 
  generations 
  after 
  the 
  first 
  

   selection. 
  

  

  In 
  comparing 
  this 
  statement 
  with 
  the 
  results 
  

   gained 
  in 
  the 
  experiment 
  with 
  the 
  red 
  clover, 
  

   the 
  difference 
  is 
  at 
  once 
  striking. 
  In 
  one 
  case 
  

   a 
  rich 
  variety 
  was 
  isolated, 
  and, 
  by 
  better 
  

   treatment 
  and 
  sharp 
  methods 
  of 
  selection, 
  was 
  

   brought 
  up 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  years 
  to 
  its 
  highest 
  

   pitch 
  of 
  development. 
  In 
  the 
  other 
  case 
  a 
  very 
  

   weak 
  race 
  was 
  shown 
  to 
  exist, 
  and 
  no 
  amount 
  

   of 
  work 
  and 
  perseverance 
  was 
  adequate 
  to 
  im- 
  

   prove 
  it 
  to 
  any 
  noticeable 
  degree. 
  

  

  I 
  wish 
  to 
  point 
  out 
  that 
  the 
  decision 
  of 
  what 
  

   is 
  to 
  be 
  expected 
  from 
  deviating 
  specimens 
  may 
  

   become 
  manifest 
  within 
  one 
  or 
  two 
  generations. 
  

   Even 
  the 
  generation 
  grown 
  from 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  

  

  