. The American fruit culturist. o this part of the subject becomes indispensable to their suc-cessful culture. Modern cultivators divide all strawberries into two distinctclasses, one being termed staminate (or male), in which thestamens are fully developed and possess the power of ferti-lizing the germ; and the other being termed, pistillate (or fe-male), in which the stamens are abortive, or so small andimperfectly developed that they fail to accomplish fertiliza-tion. In this work it is deemed advisable to designate thetwo as perfect and imperfect. Figs 805 and 806 representthe usual appear
. The American fruit culturist. o this part of the subject becomes indispensable to their suc-cessful culture. Modern cultivators divide all strawberries into two distinctclasses, one being termed staminate (or male), in which thestamens are fully developed and possess the power of ferti-lizing the germ; and the other being termed, pistillate (or fe-male), in which the stamens are abortive, or so small andimperfectly developed that they fail to accomplish fertiliza-tion. In this work it is deemed advisable to designate thetwo as perfect and imperfect. Figs 805 and 806 representthe usual appearance of these two kinds of flowers; and and 808 enlarged portions of the same, Fig. 808 exhibit-ing a part of the flower of the Large Early Scarlet, and 6o2 THE STRA WBERR V. 807 the same of Hoveys Seedling; a being the stamens, and^ the pistils. By the use of a hand lens it will be foundthat the former is abundantly supplied with pollen or fertiliz-ing dust, while the latter is nearly or totally destitute. Hence.
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