THE KINDS OF VARIATIONS 



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two seeds, even from the same fruit, ever produce plants 

 exactly alike. Even though the seedlings resemble each 

 other so closely that people say they are the same, oever- 

 theless they will be found to vary in size, number of 

 leavt-s, shape, or other fea- 

 tures. Figs. 381 and :^SL , 

 illustrate seed- valuation. 



374. Variations arising 

 directly from buds, rather 

 than from seeds, are bud- 

 variations, and the most 

 marked of them may be 

 described and named as bud- 

 varieties. We have Learned 

 in ( Ihapter V how the horti- 

 culturist propagates plants 

 by means of buds: not one 

 of t hese buds will reproduce 

 exactly the planl from which it was taken. We have 

 already discovered (17, 118) thai do two branches are 

 alike, and every branch springs from a bud. Bud-varia- 

 tion is nsualh less marked than seed- variation, however^ 



;-l \n .iii.(.r\ [tie tree, from w hich 

 were token one day 



The progeny of the 

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 \ i r two 



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vet now and linn one branch on a planl maj be bo on- 

 like ever} other branch thai the horticulturist selects buds 

 from ii ;inil endeavors to propagate it. 'Weepinjj or 

 pendenl branches sometimes appear on iiprighl trees; nee 



