ON THE CHERRY 
strongly suggests the case of our black-sheep 
cherry. This also lacks but a single quality. 
Can we not then breed this quality into our 
cherry and by remedying the one defect attain our 
ideal? 
SOLVING THE DILEMMA 
Fortunately, yes. This is precisely what we 
can do, and what the wise plant experimenter will 
do. 
We have but to look about in our cherry col- 
ony and we shall find another family, habiting 
perhaps a neighboring branch, the fruit of which 
exhibits in imposing measure the quality of size 
that our protege of the moment so notably lacks. 
This big cherry may even be the original domi- 
nant parent with which our experiment started. 
But it is a fruit which, although being everything 
that could be desired in size, is unfortunately 
quite lacking in color. In spite of its inviting big- 
ness, it cannot make its way in the market be- 
cause, even at full maturity, it has the appearance 
of unripeness. 
But it is big, and bigness is the thing we are 
seeking. So we cross-fertilize the flowers of our 
little cherry with those of this big one. 
The result is readily foretold. Bigness, as we 
have seen all along, is dominant, and so the off- 
spring of this union are individually big. They 
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