IMPROVING SMALL FRUITS 60 



success had it been carried forward another 

 generation. 



But, in any event, whether or not the reader 

 finds the elfin architects of the germ plasm an 

 aid in his interpretation of the phenomena of 

 heredity, let the would-be developer of new fruits 

 or the improver of old ones, bear in mind, as the 

 last word that experience can offer on the sub- 

 ject, the principle that progress must be sought 

 through the careful selection of types that vary 

 in the direction of desired progress ; and that in a 

 vast majority of cases such variation may be 

 brought about, and in a sense directed, through 

 hybridization. 



The successful plant developer 

 must be able to look beneath the 

 surface of his plants to discover and 

 utilize the underlying harmonies. 



