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and the strain of that variety that meet his conditions best. Dr. 

 Galloway* suggests a method of doing this. The grower should go 

 over his crop, attempting to find those plants which give the most 

 flowers, typically colored, long stemmed, and disease resistant. Sup- 

 pose one hundred plants are selected; he should place a stake at the 

 side of each and tie a large shipping tag to the stake upon which the 

 daily picking may be written. Some plants may be found to give 50 

 flowers each; another may produce 150 flowers; some will bloom most 

 in December and January and others in March. Select the strain 

 which produces the most flowers when they are worth the most. At 

 the end of the first year eliminate all plants not producing ninety flow- 

 ers. Each plant will give ten good cuttings, so that if fifty plants are 

 selected the first year, five hundred good plants are assured for the 

 second. Keep the selected plants labeled. The details of this method 

 can be improved upon according to the ingenuity of the grower. 



* Galloway, B. T. CommercialJVioletlCulture. 



