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The reader of Bulletin 1 1 1 may 

 remember that Waldo C. Roh- 

 nert, sweet pea specialist of the 

 firm of C C. Morse & Co., con- 

 tributed a sketch of his efforts to 

 breed varieties by crossing. The 

 following are further remarks by 

 him along the same line : 



" Some people have no idea 

 how hard it is to get a new 

 variety in sweet peas, that is, new 

 and distinct, with merit. In 

 roguing time I can go over our 

 fields and find 'off' plants, but 

 they do not possess merit. The 

 color is probably of a different 

 shade or the form is a little differ- 

 ent. But they are all * off' types. 

 New varieties are brought about 

 only by a good deal of careful 

 work . Last summer I spent many 

 a day in the hot sun crossing 

 the different varieties and in con- 

 sequence have a trial ground this 

 year that is truly odd to look at. 

 Most of it is common Blanche 

 Ferry and the Light Blue and 

 Purple. It is very strange how 

 strong the blood of these two 

 varieties exists in the new vari- 

 eties. Last year I spent a good 

 deal of my time crossing on 

 Cupid and obtained crosses of 

 over thirty different varieties on 

 this little imp. Now the result 

 is that all varieties that have red 

 or pink in them come a Blanche 

 Ferry of the ordinary Blanche 



