OCR Text |
Show Plant Improvement HeldTedious HeldTedious Held HeldTedious Tedious Task Years AgoUntil Ago AgoUntil - Until the star start of ot hybridizing hybridIzmg by KDIht Kn1ht byKnioht byKDIht byKn1ht " , , In England , somewhat more morethan morethan morethan than a century ago ngo , all plant plaDt im- im - improvement im 1m improvement . provement was by "selection selection "selectIoD selectIoD " , " says saysLittlc'a saysLittlca saysLUtlc's saysLlttle's LUtlc's LUtlcs Llttle's Llttles ' Industrial IDdustrial Bulletin Bul1ctln Buletln ] This 't'his ThismeaDt 't'hismeant ' Thismeant ' meaDt meant thit tht that , the seeds of the choIcest choIcestIrnins choicestbrains choicestgrains Irnins brains brainsWind , ' ind 'lnd lnd Wind fruit were carefully pre pre-- preser.cd pre- pre preserved preserved - - served ser.cd sercd . for the planting plaDting of the next nextcrop nextcrop nextcrop crop and when grafting was used tor for torincrease forIncrease forincrease increase of woody plants the buds budsor budsor budsor or bnnches br'lnches brlnches branches ' were from the finest finesttree finesttrees finesttrees tree trees , : > and bushes bushec ; This system systcm un unquestionably unquestionably unquestionably questionably kept hept up quality quallty and andably andably andably ably advanced It In the hinds h'lnds hlnds hands ' of ofcertain ofcertain ofcertain certain "wizards wizards "wI7'1rds wI71rds " ' ; , " , with ttilth \ Ith keen heen appre- appre apprec'lllOn appreciation appre-ciltion appre ciltion - - c'lllOn clllOn ciation ! ' of whit wh'lt whlt what ' is of value In plants plantsnnd plantsand plantsand nnd and how to attiln att'1ln att1ln attain ' this , there have haveresulted haveresulted haveresulted resulted notable discoveries , such as asthe asthe asthe the Bildwin B'lldwln Blldwln Baldwin ' apple and the BuUett Bartlett BuUettpear Bartlettpear Birtlcttpear BirtlcttpearSelection pear pearSelection Selection " was as effective e1Tecth effeethe C , bu but t it wag wagexceedingly wi W'l Wl ' j < jexceedlngly < iexceedingly exceedlngly exceedingly &low low slow & For ror centuries most mostattention mostittention 1ttentlon attention ' wis W'lS WlS was ' focused on stanl1'lrd stanl1lrd standard stanl1'lrdtypes standardtypes standardtypes ' types and the tamln taming tnming ; and develop deselop- deselop Ie deselopment < development , clop- clop clopment - - ment of wild wl1d forms was almost out outof outof outof of the thcjiucstion question Real neal progress began when the thepolten thepollen thepollen polten pollen of the plant phnt wis W'lS WlS was ' pliccd phced placed on onthe onthe onthe the stl stigma ma of another to produce producehybrids producehybrids producehybrids hybrids consciously concciously ; u instead stead of "filt filt mnit "filtIn " , vaitIng mnitIng In Ing bythe blthe brvthe for the same thing thmg to occur by bl brv the chance efforts of bees , . , flies or orthe orthe orthe the wind _ |