A Diseased Specimen 



Instead of showing the vigor that usually characterizes 

 hybrids, this specimen shows an impoverished condition of the 

 nutritional system, which should lead to the rejection of this seed- 

 ling. It might be compared with a tubercular or ill-nourished 

 animal, and it cannot be depended upon to produce good 

 fruit. The wise plant developer would never give 

 it an opportunity to come to fruiting age. 



