. Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. r own pistil. This sort of flower is said to be self-fertiHzed orclose-pollinated. The Peas and Beans are examples. In hybridizing work the object is usuaHy to cross two sorts ofplants for the improvement of one or the other in some way. Letus suppose we are to cross a Tomato. The Tomato flower is a perfectflower; the stamens are found in a ring about the pistil at the order to get a hybrid between two varieties, say the Stone andEarliana, we will u
. Plant culture; a working handbook of every day practice for all who grow flowering and ornamental plants in the garden and greenhouse. r own pistil. This sort of flower is said to be self-fertiHzed orclose-pollinated. The Peas and Beans are examples. In hybridizing work the object is usuaHy to cross two sorts ofplants for the improvement of one or the other in some way. Letus suppose we are to cross a Tomato. The Tomato flower is a perfectflower; the stamens are found in a ring about the pistil at the order to get a hybrid between two varieties, say the Stone andEarliana, we will use Stone as the female parent—in other words,we expect the Stone to bear the fruit, but will take the poflen fromthe Earliana. Just before the flower of the Stone opens in the earlymorning we should use a small forceps or a needle to forcibly openthe flower and remove its stamens. This is emasculation. We areeliminating the male part. The pistil must not be injured. Afterthis we will place a bag over the flower so that no other pollen maylodge upon the flower. Should a bee bring pollen to our flower it HYBRIDIZATION OF PLANTS 41. Fig. 12—Crossing Technique of Gladiolus A small vial is secured to the thumb of the left hand by means of a rubber band; thefingers are thus left free to hold the flower. With the right hand the stamens areeasily removed by the use of forceps, and dropned into the vial.—FromCornetlExtension Bulletin No. 10
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