The Art of Sowing

Van Maughn's theory is that we must subdue the figure of the wilding to produce the best fruits. He selected such as a peer to him to have evidence of improvement, and transplanted them to stations where they could develop themselves. Successive generations were thus produced to the fourth and fifth. Each came into bearing earlier than its predecessor, and produced a greater number of good varieties. In the fifth generation, they were nearly all of great excellence. To sow, re sow, to sow again, to sow perpetually, in short to do nothing but sow, is the practice to be pursued, and which cannot be departed from.