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Updated: May 24, 2025
"Hopetown oats," as it is called, has found its way into culture extensively in Scotland and has even been introduced with success into England, Denmark and the United States. It has been one of the best Scottish oats for more than half a century. The next eight years no single plant judged worthy of selection on his own farm attracted Shirreff's attention.
Three of the lots were judged of high excellence, and they alone were propagated, and proving to be constant new varieties from the outset were given to the trade under the names of "Shirreff's bearded white," "Shirreff's bearded red," and "Pringle's wheat." They have found wide acceptance, and the first two of them are still considered by Vilmorin as belonging to the best wheats of France.
Hence, whenever Darwin speaks of selection, Shirreff's use of the word may as well be meant as that of Vilmorin. However, before going deeper into such theoretical questions, we will first consider the facts, as given by Shirreff himself.
In the same way Shirreff's oats were discovered in a single plant in a field where it was isolated in order to be brought into commerce after multiplication. It has won the surname of "Make-him-rich." Nothing is on record about the details of its origin. Four valuable new varieties of wheat and oats were obtained in this way in less than forty years.
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