. The principles of fruit-growing. Fruit-culture. Choosing the Varieties. 227 4. Choose with reference to the local environment. One must consider the adaptation of the variety to his particular climate, to the probable length of his season, to his distance from market, and to his system of husbandry. The adaptation of varieties to soils is an important consideration, and one which demands closer attention as cultivation becomes more intense and perfect. As a rule, the finer the variety in quality, the less able it is to thrive equally well under diverse methods of treatment. It is partly for
. The principles of fruit-growing. Fruit-culture. Choosing the Varieties. 227 4. Choose with reference to the local environment. One must consider the adaptation of the variety to his particular climate, to the probable length of his season, to his distance from market, and to his system of husbandry. The adaptation of varieties to soils is an important consideration, and one which demands closer attention as cultivation becomes more intense and perfect. As a rule, the finer the variety in quality, the less able it is to thrive equally well under diverse methods of treatment. It is partly for this reason that des- sert fruits are commonly regarded as unreliable and difficult to grow. One can scarcely hope for success in the best horticulture unless he gives particular study to the adaptations of species and varieties to soils. 5. Choose with reference to inter-pollination. It is known that some varieties of fruits are self-sterile,— that is, they are not fertile with themselves. This sterility may be due, as in the case of the straw- berry, to imperfect (or unisexual) flowers, or, more commonly, to pollen which is impotent upon the pistils of the same flower.* This infertility or self- sterility is largely a varietal characteristic, yet it is no doubt greatly modified by seasonal and environ-. Fig. 22. Strawberry- flowers modified by weather. * For a discussion of the philosophy of this self-sterility, see the essay on "Sex in Fruits," in "Survival of the Unlike," p. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York, Macmillan
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