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be said to be almost virgin. Opportunity beckons 

 the plant developer very alluringly. 



And, fortunately, this is a case where the 

 material for experimentation is freely available. 

 Apples, pears, and quinces grow in thousands of 

 dooryards. Thousands of men and women might 

 test their mating possibilities. There will be 

 the stimulus of novelty and the lure of unknown 

 goals in such an unusual endeavor. 



There are eight thousand named 

 varieties of the apple, and yet 

 who shall estimate the uncounted 

 opportunities for further apple 

 improvement? 



