Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . ^protected from marauders if the patch is located near the home. Varieties of Strawberries.—Each locality favors certain varie-ties of strawberries. It is easy to make a selection of several varie-ties that will thrive in a particular region. There are two kinds of strawberry blossoms. Some varietieshave only the pistillate blooms while others have perfect blossomswith both stamens and pistil. Those with perfect blossoms havethe power to pollinate themselves and bear fruit without the prox-imity of other var


Horticulture, a text book for high schools and normals, including plant propagation; . ^protected from marauders if the patch is located near the home. Varieties of Strawberries.—Each locality favors certain varie-ties of strawberries. It is easy to make a selection of several varie-ties that will thrive in a particular region. There are two kinds of strawberry blossoms. Some varietieshave only the pistillate blooms while others have perfect blossomswith both stamens and pistil. Those with perfect blossoms havethe power to pollinate themselves and bear fruit without the prox-imity of other varieties. Those varieties with imperfect flowerssuch as Black Beauty, Granger and Sherman, which have few ifany true stamens and no pollen, must be grown near other varieties.


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