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insipid or bitter. One would have to look a long time to find 
wild grapes equal to the cultivated sorts. No wild potato has 
ever been found equal to the cultivated cither in size or quality. 
Fic. 4. American wild grape, parent of all cultivated varieties growing 
east of the Rocky mountains 
No wild sheep equals the Merino in fineness of fleece or the 
Shropshire in quality of meat, and no wild animal of the cattle 
kind was ever known to give as much milk as the domesti- 
cated cow. 
