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Gard. Chron. Nov 14 1868 p. 1199

Good paper by Mr Hallett on extreme permanence of vars of wheat under very different conditions, & on selection

I have used this at p 315. Vol I

[Variation 2d ed.  1: 332: On the other hand Major Hallett35 has shown how wonderfully constant some varieties are, although not ancient ones, and although cultivated in various countries.
35 'Gardener's Chron.' Nov. 1868, p. 1199."
Gardener's Chronicle November 1868, p. 1199: "In 1860 Colonel Le Couteur, who wrote a work on "Wheat, which went through 14 editions in different countries, sent me two ears of his famous Belle Vue Talavera Wheat, begging me to cultivate and improve them under my pedigree system. The Wheat had for years been sown as a spring Wheat, and was declared to be quite incapable of withstanding the frost of winter. As an experiment, however, I picked out from one of the ears 10 of its grains, and planted them on November 1, 1861. Nine of the ten plants from these grains were killed by the severe frost, but the other plant remained as healthy and vigorous as any of the winter varieties of Wheat by their side. From this surviving plant I have selected and grown it year after year as a winter Wheat; the frost, even during the severe winter of 1863-4, has never affected it at all; in fact, it is as much a winter Wheat as any that I have. This is an illustration of Mr. Darwin's 'natural selection.'"]