. Amateur fruit growing. A practical guide to the growing of fruit for home use and the market. Written with special reference to colder climates. Fruit-culture. Pig. 25. Fig. 2G. Fig. 27. Fro. 2'5.—S^07VS the way in which the stamens push off the covering of the flower. The petals separating at the loiver edge. Fig. t^.—a per Jed flower with erect {full developed) stamens. Fig. 27.—A flower with reflex {weak) stamens. grape (V. Idbrusca) origin; while hybrids having some of the Euro- pean wine grape {V. vinifera) in their parentage often have flowers which are deficient in pollen. The latter
. Amateur fruit growing. A practical guide to the growing of fruit for home use and the market. Written with special reference to colder climates. Fruit-culture. Pig. 25. Fig. 2G. Fig. 27. Fro. 2'5.—S^07VS the way in which the stamens push off the covering of the flower. The petals separating at the loiver edge. Fig. t^.—a per Jed flower with erect {full developed) stamens. Fig. 27.—A flower with reflex {weak) stamens. grape (V. Idbrusca) origin; while hybrids having some of the Euro- pean wine grape {V. vinifera) in their parentage often have flowers which are deficient in pollen. The latter have their stamens some- what crooked and are said to be reflexed {Fig. 27). They frequent- ly do not produce enough pollen to fertilize their own flowers, and when grown alone the bunches of fruit on them are perhaps only partially filled out, having many small, seedless berries. This fea- ture is characteristic of the Lindley, Brighton and others," and varities with this wv^akness in their flowers should be grown near such kinds as the Concord, Worden, etc., which produce an abund- ance of pollen. Propagation.—The grape is increased from cuttings and lay- ers, and, to a very limited extent in this country, by grafting. Pro- pagation from seed is resorted to only when new varieties are desired. By Seed.—If vines are to be grown in this way the seed should be saved from ripe berries. It should bo at once sown in boxes of rich soil, or in a fine seed-bed, covering it a half inch deep and pro- tecting by a mulch in winter. The plants will make a growth of one or two feet the first season, and will show blossoms about the fourth year. Some will have perfect and some staminate flowers, while others will have flowers with reflexed stamens; not one seed- ling in a thousand will be worth anything for fruit. The chances for obtaining good kinds will be much increased if careful, intelli- gent hybridization is resorted to. By Cuttings.—Grape cuttings are of three kinds
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