YOUNG PLANTS AWAITING 

 SELECTION 



The very first step in selection comes 

 with the tiny seedlings showing their 

 heads above the ground. At their first 

 appearance it is often possible to judge 

 many of the characteristics of the plant 

 and its fruit which, later, become con- 

 fused as the battle of warring heredities 

 grows more acute. Much of this work 

 of selection is done from tiny seedlings 

 in the flats before removing from the 

 greenhouse. 



