Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . cannot be prevented, while the lossfrom self-sterility can in a large meas-. 7g.—Coc Golden Drop. But one friiil lias sel; the others will soon drop. ure, the latter subject deserves more than the brief notice whichhas been given to the former at this time. There are some trees which blossom full year after year but 348 Bulletin i8i. set little or no fruit, even in the most favorable seasons. Thesetrees are usually in solid blocks, or at a distance from any othervariety. Planting near them other trees of the same varietydoes not make them fruitful; b
Annual report ..[bulletins and circulars] . cannot be prevented, while the lossfrom self-sterility can in a large meas-. 7g.—Coc Golden Drop. But one friiil lias sel; the others will soon drop. ure, the latter subject deserves more than the brief notice whichhas been given to the former at this time. There are some trees which blossom full year after year but 348 Bulletin i8i. set little or no fruit, even in the most favorable seasons. Thesetrees are usually in solid blocks, or at a distance from any othervariety. Planting near them other trees of the same varietydoes not make them fruitful; but if trees of other varieties areplanted near they are often made fruitful. A self-sterile varietyis one which is U7iable to set fruit when alone: in order to be pro-ductive, it must be planted near some other variety. Two varietiesvery commonly self-sterile are Miner and Wild Goose blocks of the Kieffer pear and some of the great pruneorchards on our Pacific coast have been unprofitable from thiscause. Besides these striking examples, there is reason forbelieving that much of the unsatisfactory frui
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