Modern strawberry growing . S I o o S 5 S O U W P5 ^ =3^. o p<o 3Pi Jl c PROPAGATION, BREEDING II7 pollination. Now just what is meant bythis term? To give a clear idea, a little of the detailof the growth and development of flowersis necessary. When the flower of a straw-berry opens, around the outside edge is seenfive white leaves, called petals. One of theirfunctions is to attract insects to the the centre of the flower are seena lot of little tubelike bodies with caps ontheir heads or tops, called stamens. In thesecaplike bodies are small grains of a yellowsubstance, cal
Modern strawberry growing . S I o o S 5 S O U W P5 ^ =3^. o p<o 3Pi Jl c PROPAGATION, BREEDING II7 pollination. Now just what is meant bythis term? To give a clear idea, a little of the detailof the growth and development of flowersis necessary. When the flower of a straw-berry opens, around the outside edge is seenfive white leaves, called petals. One of theirfunctions is to attract insects to the the centre of the flower are seena lot of little tubelike bodies with caps ontheir heads or tops, called stamens. In thesecaplike bodies are small grains of a yellowsubstance, called pollen. This is the male partof the flower and is the part that when placed,at a certain time, on the top of the pistilof a strawberry flower, germinates or grows,sending down a small tube or root into theovary of the pistil, there uniting with thefemale parts and starting the growth anddevelopment of the seed and flesh of thefruit. By this it is seen that to obtainstrawberry fruits, pollen must be producedand deposited on the top of the pistil. At
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