The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1878-12-11

The germ only is the offspring Of
| generation. The peculiar character
ofthe offspring is derived from the
two parental cells which unite in the
performance OF the act of its genera
tion9
AT that period the peculiar condf!
tion and environment may stimulate to
greater or less potency this or that
quality In either parent cell causing
it to enter more or less largely into
the compound of the new being.
Thus it is that climate, food, culture
and any or all outward circumstan-
ces, effecting the temporary condition
OF the parent stamp themselves upon
the offspring inmore or less potency of
permanent character. The. variation
and origin Of species are brought
about in this way. Individual char.
acteristics and relatively different
qualities of the same individual, slim.
ulated to more or less activity
through the existing environment of
either parent, enter more or less po-
tently into the compound character
of the mutual offspring of both, thus
producing result so different from
either parent as to constitute a new
variety; e. 6. If, as many of us sup
pose our climate produces such con-
dition in the orange tree as to cause it
toproduce better fruit than would be
produced by the same tree in another
climate, we could by bringing buds
from those, other climates produce a
better ORANGE here. than. those arow.i
mates. but the oranges: produced
from those imported buds, or from
others taken from these, could not be-
come another variety through the sue
cessive continuance of budding, but
the moment we plant in our soil ana an
climate the seeds of those oranges, pro
duced here, we have opened the pos
sibilities and PROBABILITIES OF a new new
and superior variety, because OF new
plants contained in those seeds are III
diyiduai trees, produced by the gene
rative act proper, when the seeds
were. beginning to form in the bios
som, then it is that cell of pollen a.
an, individual being, approached
another individual cell Of 1.-The oyul'
Land the two unite in one new Gel
which by after self multiplicating be
comes the new orange tree, posslDi!
bearing anew and superior variety o
fruit; for the lbenefcent Influences Q
our climate woich, through the grow
ing bud caused a better fruit, hay
now caused those two parental cell
to communicate to their offspring
, larger proportion of those better els
, ments. than they would have don
. under, more adverse influence
Hence we say allow all sweet seet
9 lings to fruit unbudded, Actual e;
periments prove that in almost ever
:, instance the fruit will be exceller
q in some cases superior, and rarel
very superior. I know Of men in Il
State who have budded thousands
rlsweet seedlings for themselves ar
a advocate budding, but always tai
&c their, buds. from uabftdded swe
N seedlings. 20 lrJ.ag sai "a aol.
The, only valid reason giNen,lt
70 budding is, that ,alreadYn named, g
make them bear sooner.pne But. N
"A have seen that thissisia calamitYaOt
i the unbuddedfree, ,leftito employ
l. its energy ip growth becomes q lar
/ hardy tree and ultimately produ'
or more 6rab;a Wher' early sfFyitigg
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