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Synopsis
Excerpt from Report of the Tulip Nomenclature Committee: 1914-1915
One other colour property of the Tulip, a very Special one, must' be dealt with here: that 15, the process known as breaking. When a Tulip seedling first blooms, if it contains any anthocyanin pigments, ale. Red or purple, that colour will be uniformly diffused all over the surface of the segments, and the result is a self-coloured flower (save for the base) known as a breeder. This bulb and those which arise from Offsets in succeeding years remain similarly breeders, but sooner or later some, and doubtless eventually all, will undergo a remarkable change, known as breaking. In the broken flower the anthocyanin pigment is no longer diffused all over the surface, but is segregated into stripes up the middle of each segment or fine featherings upon its edges. Often the Shade changes somewhat on breaking; as a rule it becomes more intense. The Offsets from a bulb that has thrown a broken flower will always be broken. AS far. As is known, reversion to the breeder state never takes place; though the markings Of broken colour, which vary considerably in shape and distribution from year to year, may with age almost overspread the whole segment, still these heavy broken flowers are always to be distinguished from the true breeders. Breaking is accompanied by other changes in the plant. The leaves generally show a distinct mottling in the green; the stem possesses markings of anthocyanin pigment; the size, height, and vigour of the plant are reduced, and it does not throw Offsets SO freely. The cause Of breaking remains unknown change Of soil, a hot and dry situation accelerate it, but we are acquainted with no method Of preventing it. It is a property Of all garden Tulips containing the anthocyanin pigment, tie. Of all except the white and yellow selfs.
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