. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Massachusetts Periodicals; Fertilizers -- Analysis Periodicals. 24 tion. He states: "Generally the first seven axes bear staminate flowers and the eighth axis will be pistillate and so on, every eighth axis producing pistillate flowers. The most important point of all comes in here, in relation to the bearing of pistillate and staminate flowers. Supposing the first axis to bear a staminate flower, then we shall find in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, that the first axis of the axil- lary branch produced from this axis will bear a pistillate flower. Again, fo
. Bulletin. Agriculture -- Massachusetts Periodicals; Fertilizers -- Analysis Periodicals. 24 tion. He states: "Generally the first seven axes bear staminate flowers and the eighth axis will be pistillate and so on, every eighth axis producing pistillate flowers. The most important point of all comes in here, in relation to the bearing of pistillate and staminate flowers. Supposing the first axis to bear a staminate flower, then we shall find in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, that the first axis of the axil- lary branch produced from this axis will bear a pistillate flower. Again, following the branching, we shall find that the tertiary branch produced from the axis of the pistillate flower will produce a staminate flower in its first axis. This seems to be a fixed rule in regard to the whole family, that where we have ^i staminate axis, the first axis of the axillary branch arising from this point will be pistillate, and where we have a pistillate axis, the first axis on the axillary branch from that point will bear staminate flowers. * * * From these staminate axillary axes, will arise tertiary branches, which will produce pistillate axes at the first axil of each branch ; at the same time the axes which bore the pistillate flowers first, will have thrown out a lateral, which will bear staminate flowers in the first s // axil of that branch. ?, // By pruning in this way the plants can be placed closer together, and as we do not have to wait for the axillary branches to grow and spread out we shall get a large return of fruit ; In the development of the two-shoot sys- tem it is necessary that the plants should be manipulated when small, or at that period when two leaves have developed. The plant in this Stacre of devel- Fi<^- 9- Showing the development of the two-shoot system. ^ The leader is cut at c, and two new laterals or leaders develop Opment is shown jn from axils, as shown in the dotted lines. -'-^ ,.»rl. Please note that these ima
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