Raising New Varieties 



comes along every year, because new forms come 

 into bloom for the first time every season. Another 

 hint I may give. Do not throw away odd things 

 give them a trial, as they often are the carriers 

 of real novelties which appear later. It is of 

 course here that experience tells, because an 

 expert can often see what is likely to come out of 

 a peculiarly tinted flower, though at the moment 

 of observation it gives little promise. 



One of the most lovely Sweet Peas ever raised 

 is Audrey Crier, a most charming salmon pink ; 

 but it is a heterozygote and will not breed true. 

 Those who admire this flower could have it true 

 every year if they would make a cross between 

 Princess Victoria and Edrom Beauty. In the 

 first generation the flowers would be Audrey 

 Crier, but in the next it would break up and give 

 the three forms, Princess Victoria, Edrom Beauty 

 and Audrey Crier. If seed was saved from Audrey 

 Crier in the second generation, in the following 

 one it would break up and give the other two as 

 well as itself, hence its being termed heterozygous. 

 Edrom Beauty and Princess Victoria if saved 

 would breed true and are consequently termed 

 homozygous. 



