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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  remaining 
  individuals 
  sporting 
  into 
  the 
  oppo- 
  

   site 
  group. 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  following 
  year 
  I 
  continued 
  the 
  experi- 
  

   ment 
  with 
  the 
  seeds 
  of 
  the 
  offspring 
  of 
  the 
  red 
  

   bud-variations. 
  The 
  striped 
  individuals 
  gave 
  

   95$, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  red 
  ones 
  only 
  84$ 
  of 
  the 
  progeny 
  

   remained 
  true 
  to 
  the 
  parent 
  type. 
  

  

  From 
  these 
  figures 
  it 
  is 
  manifest 
  that 
  the 
  

   red 
  and 
  striped 
  types 
  differ 
  from 
  one 
  another 
  

   not 
  only 
  in 
  their 
  visible 
  attributes, 
  but 
  also 
  in 
  

   the 
  degree 
  of 
  their 
  heredity. 
  The 
  striped 
  in- 
  

   dividuals 
  repeat 
  their 
  peculiarity 
  in 
  90 
  - 
  98$ 
  of 
  

   their 
  progeny, 
  2 
  - 
  10$ 
  sporting 
  into 
  the 
  uniform 
  

   red 
  color. 
  On 
  the 
  other 
  hand 
  the 
  red 
  individ- 
  

   uals 
  are 
  constant 
  in 
  71 
  -- 
  84$ 
  of 
  their 
  offspring, 
  

   while 
  16 
  -- 
  29% 
  go 
  over 
  to 
  the 
  striped 
  type. 
  Or, 
  

   briefly, 
  both 
  types 
  are 
  inherited 
  to 
  a 
  high 
  degree, 
  

   but 
  the 
  striped 
  type 
  is 
  more 
  strictly 
  inherited 
  

   than 
  the 
  red 
  one. 
  

  

  Moreover 
  the 
  figures 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  degree 
  of 
  

   inheritance 
  is 
  not 
  contingent 
  upon 
  the 
  question 
  

   as 
  to 
  how 
  the 
  sport 
  may 
  have 
  arisen. 
  Bud- 
  

   sports 
  show 
  the 
  same 
  degree 
  of 
  inheritance 
  as 
  

   seed-sports. 
  Sexual 
  and 
  asexual 
  variability 
  

   therefore 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  one 
  and 
  the 
  same 
  process 
  

   in 
  this 
  instance. 
  But 
  the 
  deeper 
  meaning 
  of 
  

   this 
  and 
  other 
  special 
  features 
  of 
  our 
  genealog- 
  

   ical 
  tree 
  are 
  still 
  awaiting 
  further 
  investigation. 
  

   It 
  seems 
  that 
  much 
  important 
  evidence 
  might 
  

  

  