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  Ever-sporting 
  Varieties 
  

  

  the 
  individuals 
  with 
  the 
  largest 
  numbers 
  a 
  

   tendency 
  to 
  become 
  double 
  would 
  be 
  evolved. 
  

   Such, 
  however, 
  was 
  not 
  the 
  case. 
  No 
  propen- 
  

   sity 
  to 
  vary 
  in 
  any 
  definite 
  direction 
  could 
  be 
  

   observed. 
  Quite 
  on 
  the 
  contrary, 
  an 
  average 
  

   condition 
  was 
  quickly 
  reached, 
  and 
  then 
  re- 
  

   mained 
  constant, 
  strongly 
  counteracting 
  all 
  

   selection. 
  

  

  Such 
  experiences 
  clearly 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  same 
  

   anomaly 
  may 
  occur 
  in 
  different 
  species, 
  and 
  no 
  

   doubt 
  in 
  strains 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  species 
  from 
  dif- 
  

   ferent 
  localities, 
  according 
  to 
  at 
  least 
  two 
  dif-. 
  

   ferent 
  standards. 
  The 
  one 
  is 
  to 
  be 
  called 
  the 
  

   poor, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  the 
  rich 
  variety. 
  The 
  first 
  

   always 
  produces 
  relatively 
  few 
  instances 
  of 
  the 
  

   deviation, 
  the 
  last 
  is 
  apt 
  to 
  give 
  as 
  many 
  of 
  them 
  

   as 
  desired. 
  The 
  first 
  is 
  only 
  half-way 
  a 
  variety, 
  

   and 
  therefore 
  would 
  deserve 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  a 
  half- 
  

   race 
  ; 
  the 
  second 
  is 
  not 
  yet 
  a 
  full 
  constant 
  vari- 
  

   ety, 
  but 
  always 
  fluctuates 
  to 
  and 
  fro 
  between 
  the 
  

   varietal 
  and 
  the 
  specific 
  mark, 
  ever- 
  sport 
  ing 
  in 
  

   both 
  directions. 
  It 
  holds 
  a 
  middle 
  position 
  be- 
  

   tween 
  a 
  half-race 
  and 
  a 
  variety, 
  and 
  there- 
  

   fore 
  might 
  be 
  called 
  a 
  " 
  middle-race.' 
  But 
  

   the 
  term 
  ever-sporting 
  variety 
  seems 
  more 
  ade- 
  

   quate 
  to 
  convey 
  a 
  right 
  idea 
  of 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  

   this 
  curious 
  type 
  of 
  inheritance. 
  

  

  From 
  this 
  discussion 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  seen 
  that 
  the 
  

   behavior 
  of 
  the 
  crimson 
  clover 
  is 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  con- 
  

  

  