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been sufficiently advertised ; but the fact remains that 

 it is exceedingly difficult to dislodge an old variety. 



If these arguments are well taken, it follows that 

 the blame for the introduction of unsuccessful vari- 

 eties is not so much moral dishonesty as a miscon- 

 ception of the merits of the varieties and the nature 

 of the demand which they are to meet ; and the 

 remedy of the evil is a better understanding of the 

 points at issue, both by the introducer and the 

 purchaser. 



