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MINNESOTA STATE HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



when once procured. With accurate records the stabihty of any 

 desirable characters may be safely shown. Thus breeding has 

 passed from the realms of chance to one of a high degree of cer- 



tainty. We do not place so much weight now upon the occasional 

 so called "sport" but depend upon known quantities. This is less 

 true in horticulture perhaps than with other phases of agriculture. 



