. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. i8 PRODUCTION OF NEW VARIETIES. must always be impregnated with pollen from staminate sorts. Thus the seed obtained from the berries of every pistillate strawberry are crosses, and if planted will produce new vari- eties. In fruit-trees, the stamens and pistils are in the same flower, but these two sets of organs often mature at different times. Crossing is mostly effected by insects, which, becom- ing thickly dusted with powder from one flower, plung
. The American fruit culturist, containing directions for the propagation and culture of all fruits adapted to the United States. Fruit-culture. i8 PRODUCTION OF NEW VARIETIES. must always be impregnated with pollen from staminate sorts. Thus the seed obtained from the berries of every pistillate strawberry are crosses, and if planted will produce new vari- eties. In fruit-trees, the stamens and pistils are in the same flower, but these two sets of organs often mature at different times. Crossing is mostly effected by insects, which, becom- ing thickly dusted with powder from one flower, plunge into the recesses of another, and effect a cross-pollination. Where many varieties grow in one garden, in close proximity, cases of promiscuous intermixture are constantly occurring. The crosses thus produced are shown usually only by raising fruit from the seedlings. In the annexed figure of the pear-blossom (Fig. i6), the five. 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 Thomas, J. J. (John Jacob); Wood, William H. S. New York, Orange Judd
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