OF ROOT CULTIVATION. 



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CHAPTER, Y. 



EFFECTS OF GROWING SEED FROM DEGENERATE ROOTS. 



That the seed of malformed roots would "be likely to 

 produce a poor crop was a subject admitted by all ; 

 but neither the form nor extent of the mischief result- 

 ing therefrom had been stated upon the authority of 



Fig. 0. A Malformed or Degenerate Parsnip. Two-thirds of nat. size. 



exact experiment. In order, therefore, to arrive at 

 direct evidence upon a point upon which so much of 

 practical importance depends, we carefully carried 

 out the following experiments. 



On the 26th of March, 1860, we selected two roots 



