. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. a, mature bud shearing stage which should be selected for emasculation; b, similar bud with the tips of the corolla pried apart and the stamens removed; c, a bud opened naturally,too old to operate on: il. a hml of ihc stage shown in a and 6, with corollii u&g
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture : comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening; Horticulture; Horticulture; Horticulture. a, mature bud shearing stage which should be selected for emasculation; b, similar bud with the tips of the corolla pried apart and the stamens removed; c, a bud opened naturally,too old to operate on: il. a hml of ihc stage shown in a and 6, with corollii u> -Imw the internal organs; e, a bud the sanif ;i^ in '/, lnii u itli the stamens removed; f, the same as r, lilt nlil. r. ;ii iln' age when pollination normally takes ;i't ; </. jn-vtil shortly after fecxindation. the remnants of the stamens having fallen away. Improvement by Means op Crossing.—Aside from selection, crossing has played the raost important role in the formation of the varieties and races of onr culti- vated plants, but the results obtained are in many cases closely connected with selection. In the production of new and novel races it is to the crossintr of mark- edly different species or races that the breeder must look. In this way plants maybe 'iiiiiii^ the good qualities of two distinct sorts, wlrli an .liini- nation of the undesirable features. In plam^ :in- propagated by vegetative parts, such as hinl^, irrafi-, cuttiiiL-^. ' :i variation obtained bv cross- ing di ange: in and all orchard fi the case of plants propa- gated by seed, however, a valuable hybrid must be inbred and selected for several generations until a fixed type is produced. The process of crossing or hybridizing plants is neither difiioult nor mysteri- ous. It is simply necessary to recognize that plants, like animals, bear male and fe- male organs. In plants, however, the male and fe- male elements are most com- monly bor
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