. Canadian fruit, flower, and kitchen gardener [microform] : a guide in all matters relating to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and vegetables and their value for cultivation in this climate. Gardening; Flower gardening; Fruit-culture; Jardinage; Floriculture; Horticulture fruitière. 9RP 'â "^ 11 68 PnODUCTION OP NEW rig. 43. tho pollen <luHt is falling; and on the right hand a pistil, tho knob on tho toj) ])oing the stigma, and the oval Bwelling at tho base the ovary. I'Ik; ait of producing new varieties from sood ( ill taking the pollen of one variety of tho
. Canadian fruit, flower, and kitchen gardener [microform] : a guide in all matters relating to the cultivation of fruits, flowers and vegetables and their value for cultivation in this climate. Gardening; Flower gardening; Fruit-culture; Jardinage; Floriculture; Horticulture fruitière. 9RP 'â "^ 11 68 PnODUCTION OP NEW rig. 43. tho pollen <luHt is falling; and on the right hand a pistil, tho knob on tho toj) ])oing the stigma, and the oval Bwelling at tho base the ovary. I'Ik; ait of producing new varieties from sood ( ill taking the pollen of one variety of tho fruit and applying it to tlie stigma of tlie pistil in tho i\()V/vA- of another variety. 1'he mode of doing tliis very Kimj)le. AVhen the llowers begin to open, you will .s(;l(!ct a variety, say of aj)ple, having certain (ju;diti(!H which you wish to combine with the quali- ties which are possessed by another variety of ajiple, and so to have an apph; which unites in itself tho several (pialities which are now Ibiiiid s(!parate, a part of th(;m in one ajjple and a ])art in anotliiir. As soon as the llowers Ixjgin to ex])and, you will select some of the llowers uj)on whi(;h to oj)(!rat(!, and wiU cut away the , which are on th(i endu of tlni stamens, boforo they burst open and let out tlieir jiollen. This can bo most easily done with u j).iir of small sharp-pointed scissors. Aa tho apple and jiear usually produce their in cluHt(irs, it will }je necessary to cut away all the flowers excej)t those from which tlie anthers are flipped oil'; and a^'ter cutting away the anthers, with a good magnil'ying glass examine tli(i stigma to seo if there be any grain of jiolhrn fallen ujion it; if thero be, tho whole llowfir should bo cut off. You will jirocnro pollen from tho tree of the other vari(jty l)y carefully cutting olf somo of tho llowers whoso antluirs liavo rec(mtly burst and are covered with pollen, and taking them with you to the flowers whose anthers you
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