The Long and the Short of It 



No one unfamiliar with practical horticulture would sus- 

 pect that these two pears were grown from seeds of the same 

 fruit. They illustrate the strangely varied hereditary factors that find 

 lodgment in the germ cells of a cultivated fruit. And of 

 course they furnish material for selective breeding 

 through which new varieties may be developed. 



