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between the breeding of animals and the breeding of 

 plants. In animals, our sole object is to secure simply 

 one animal or one brood of offspring. In plants, our 

 object is, in general, to secure a race or generation of 



FIG. 53. Fruit of wild elderberry. 



offspring, which may be disseminated freely over the 

 earth. In the bovine race, for example, our object in 

 breeding is to produce one cow with given characters; 

 in turnips, our object is to produce a new variety, the 

 seed of which will reproduce the variety, whether sown in 

 Pennsylvania or Ceylon. It is apparent, therefore, that 



