Horticultural Science 72:438, 1972.

In the beginning there was Mendel, thinking his lonely thought alone. And he
said: "Let there be peas," and there were peas, and it was good. And he put the
peas in the garden, saying unto them "Increase and multiply, segregate and assort
yourselves independently," and they did, and it was good.

And now it came to pass that when Mendel gathered up his peas, he divided
them into round and wrinkled, and called the round dominant and the wrinkled
recessive, and it was good.

But now Mendel saw that there were 450 round peas and 102 wrinkled ones;
this was not good. For the law stateth that there should be only three round for
every wrinkled. And Mendel said unto himself: "Gott in Himmel, an enemy has
done this, he has sown bad peas in my garden under the cover of night." And
Mendel smote the table in righteous wrath, saying: "Depart from me, you cursed
and evil peas, into the outer darkness where thou shalt be devoured by the rats
and mice."

And it was done and there remained 300 round peas and 100 wrinkled peas,
and it was good. It was very, very good. And Mendel published.