Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1852-10-09
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branch was struck, proved 5trne ,oits
new nature, and abccame the ancestor
Of race Of other .Buils. Tic color
of a red camella @breaksiH red
streaks appear in The flowers Of y
sporting branch; that branch is sep.
arated from its more Tranquil mother,
and clapped npon a stout stock; on
goes thesportive branch, retains its
tendency. produces striped fowersall {
the better for thenew blood infused
into them, and the tcndcncyiis fixeds
skilfal gardeners cut tlimb,t from limb,
and evety mutilatcd morsolstartsjnto
life another variegation. w.
1t is the same with vegetables; a
wild carrot accidentally found in cul.
tivated ground, refuses to :, run u. to seed,
but. employs itself in building up q
root stouter thanany carrot badsbe-
fore. The watchful eyes of a gard
ener remark the change; the change
ling, stillla sport, flowers at last; its
precious seeds are saved, and commit
ted to still richer ground. Nine.
tenths Of the seedlings run back tothe
wild form-your carrot is but amin
tractable gentleman after all-butsa
very few prove obedient TO the will
of man, shake off their saving habits,
refuse to flower till the second year,
meantime spend their autumn and
winter in the further enlargement of
their roots, then rise up into blossom
tinyigorated by six months additional
preparation, and yield more seeds, in
which the fixity Of character, or if
you will the habit Of domestication,
is sill more firmly implanted. And
thus begins the race Of carrots.
Nectarines, pears, peaches, plums,
and other valuable fruits, must be sup
posed to have in numerous instances
derived their origin from similar cir
cumstances; they were far more the
children Of accident than design, and
we see to what they have come.
Gardeners, then, should keep
watchfal eye upon every tendency TO
sport which they may remark among
the plants entrusted totheircare.-
The sports, however unpromisins,
should be made the subject Of repeat
ed ao,.;;,,ent. vear afteryearseeds
shouldbe saved, seed:beds .frogued,p
and attempts made to secure ixityo
character. If they end in nothing, as
they often will, such hexpe eriments have
the advantage of also costing nothing;
but if they lead to q good result u
Permanent gain is secured. We SEQ
no reason why7gourds should,not be
bred into melons; at least we know
to our cost that melons are easily bred
into rourds. There lis nothing inn
possible in tie Miller's Burgundy
grape Transforming into a sort with
berries as big as Muscats; in leek
gaining a bulb as solid and round as q
Tmpoli onion; or in a raspberry bear
ing berries as fine as a British Queen
strawberry; such changes are far
more likely to happen than the trans
formation Of Egilops into Triticum;
whattheyS want for their accomplish.
ment is time, patience, and an intelli,
gent knowledge of the nature of the
plants, and a fxedresidence; with all
which gardeners as a body are better
provided than, any other class Of so.
ciety.g Tothem. we earnestly recon-
mend the steady pursuit Of NJ. Fabre's
experiments. If any one should sue
ceed in The course Of a dozen years
in giving araspberry the dimensions
Of mammoth strawberry, he will
deserve TO be placed by the side Of
the great inventor Of the Crystal Pal. Pal:
ace. -is,,..