Note 94 — A DEFENCE OF MENDEL’S PRINCIPLES OF HEREDITY.

Gärtner’s macrospermum was evidently one of these, though from the further account (p. 498) it was probably more wrinkled. There are of course mange-touts which have perfectly round seeds. Mendel himself showed that the mange-tout character, the soft constricted pod, was transferable. There are also mange-touts with fully wrinkled seeds and “grey” peas with small seeds (see Vilmorin-Andrieux, Plantes Potagères, 1883).