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HORTICULTURE 



June 23, 1906 



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the possibility attaches itself at once 

 that it is a pure form." I know of a 

 peach that is growing in the vicinity 

 of Boston and has been for over fifty 

 years, that reproduces itself every 

 time. Bateson says that when similar 

 germs meet they produce a pure bred 

 organism which in my terminology is 

 called a homozygote — a yoking to- 

 gether of like germs. When the germs 

 are dissimilar they make a new form, 

 a hybrid form, which in this termin- 

 ology we may call a heterozygote — 

 the yoking together of two dissimilar 

 germs in the zygote form. Miss Dor- 

 rance protests against my calling Men- 

 del's law a boon. Now if I show her 

 that Prof. Bateson has put it stronger 

 than I did will she come down from 

 her high horse? Prof. W. W. Spillman 

 while discussing Mendel's law said 

 "I agree with a statement of 

 Prof. Bateson already published in 

 which he states that he regards Men- 

 del's discovery as of equal importance 

 with the formation of the atomic 

 theory in chemistry." 



A word more about the poultry 

 question. Prof. Bateson in describing 

 the Andulusian fowl and applying 

 Mendel's law to their breeding confirms 

 all that I said upon that matter. 



Miss Dorrance takes exceptions to 

 my closing statement. I can hardly 

 believe that she doubts my statement 

 in regard to perpetuating varieties 

 pure by budding and grafting, as proof 

 of that I will refer to our old varieties 

 of apples, the Baldwin. R. I. Greening. 

 Roxbury Russet, etc., they are as pure 

 today as when first introduced. Of 

 course there has been cases where the 

 stock has influenced the scion, perhaps 

 one case in 10,000, but that is too rare 

 to quibble about. I once produced a 

 hybrid by grafting the Seckel on the 

 Pope Pius. The ninth pear it was a 

 complete blend of the two varieties. 

 But such exceptional cases don't de- 

 stroy the rule. The above facts will 

 place Miss Anne in a dilemma, she 

 will not want to admit that I am 

 right, neither will she be willing to 

 say that Prof. Bateson is wrong. 



N. B. WHITE. 



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far more numerous this year, thereby 

 adding considerably to the net profits 

 because of less expense in handling 

 and delivery. Great numbers of be- 

 gonias were sold and several growers 

 had difficulty in filling orders. What 

 helped the demand for large lots of 

 bedding plants this spring more than 

 anything else perhaps was the decision 

 of many cottagers who were absent 

 last season to open up this year and 

 spend the summer in Newport. That 

 decision will also help the florists 

 later on because many of those we 

 have referred to are among the most 

 liberal dispensers of hospitality within 

 the bounds of society, and no society 

 function is worthy the name without 

 floral decorations in keeping with the 

 status of the host and hostess. 



NEWPORT PLANT TRADE. 



The season for the sale of bedding 

 plants is about closed and every grow- 

 er and dealer admits that it was the 

 most profitable in a number of years. 

 The prices obtained were about the 

 same as in recent years, but the de- 

 mand early in the season was much 

 brisker than was anticipated and it 

 seems the purchasps of large lots were 



NEWS NOTES. 



John J. Perkins & Son will remove 

 about July 1 from 115 W. 30th street 

 to 50 W. 28th street, N. Y. 



C. L. Marshall of Lowell, Mass., 

 claims $3,000 damage from the city on 

 account of a sewer which has caused 

 his wells to dry up and thereby en- 

 tailed large expense for carrying water 

 to his greenhouses, etc. The case is 

 under advisement. 



Wni. Elliott & Sons' annual auction 

 trade sale at 201 Fulton street, New 

 York, takes place on Tuesday, June 

 26. Mr. Elliott says the stock will be 

 the most desirable he has ever had to 

 offer at this season and expects an old- 

 lashioned reunion of the trade buyers 

 from far and near. 



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