"It is willingly granted that by cultivation the origination of new varieties is favored, and that by man's labor many varieties are acquired which, under natural conditions, would be lost; but nothing…"

"I have been patient, and patience is the key to discovery."

"The constant characters are those which are transmitted unchanged from the parental plants to the offspring."

"The value and utility of any experiment are determined by the fitness of the material to the purpose for which it is used, and thus in the case before us it cannot be immaterial what plants are subjec…"

"The experiments have been carried out on a small scale, but the results are clear and unambiguous."