David Starr Jordan 



it all depends upon the hereditary tendencies of 

 the sex. 



Crosses of wild species yield results similar to 

 those from cultivated species, but the latter are 

 more available. The white blackberry is a wild 

 variation crossed with the Lawton for size and 

 vigor; the result is a much clearer white than the 

 wild one, larger, and very much more productive, 

 in these respects fully equal to its staminate parent, 

 the Lawton. 



Apples brought up from the south temperate 

 zone are entirely confused here, yielding leaves, 

 buds, flowers and small apples at various seasons. 

 One of these apples in time, however, became 

 adapted to the conditions and developed into one 

 of the best apples in Mendocino County. 



Animals or plants changed by transference 

 from one country to another never quite go back 

 to the old conditions, even if placed in them 

 again, as hereditary tendencies acquired under 

 the new environments, even though latent for 

 many generations may be called forth again under 



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