DOMESTICATED RACES 1 5 



insipid or bitter. One would have to look a long time to find 

 wild grapes equal to the cultivated sorts. No wild potato has 

 ever been found equal to the cultivated either in size or quality. 



Fig. 4. American wild grape, parent of all cultivated varieties growing 

 east of the Rocky mountains 



No wild sheep equals the Merino in fineness of fleece or the 

 Shropshire in quality of meat, and no wild animal of the cattle 

 kind was ever known to give as much milk as the domesti- 

 cated cow. 



