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trates the principle of growth that we have pre- 

 viously seen manifested with various other 

 plants. 



But the extreme dwarfishness oLthe* progeny 

 gives an element of added interest. It would be 

 worth while, could time be found for it, to make 

 more extensive hybridizing tests along the same 

 lines. Possibly some other strains of the two spe- 

 cies than those employed might prove to have 

 slightly greater affinity. In that case it is con- 

 ceivable that a new race of quinces might pos- 

 sibly be produced that would bear fruit of a new 

 character and give us an interesting and per- 

 haps valuable addition to the rather small list 

 of orchard fruits. 



In this connection we may refer again to the 

 experiments in which I hybridized the quince 

 and the apple, and to others in which the quince 

 and pear were similarly united. The story of 

 these experiments has been told in earlier chap- 

 ters, and no detailed account of them need be 

 given here. It suffices to repeat that the hybrids 

 in each case failed to blossom; hence that the 

 experiment, quite as in the cross with the 

 Chinese quince, came to no result of practical 

 value. 



But here, again, it should be borne in mind 

 that more extensive experiments in hybridizing 



