Red Wing sentinel. [volume] (Red Wing, M.T. [i.e. Minn.]) 1855-1861, 1859-04-09
Y FLOWERS AND FRUIT.

Male and female blossoms are borne.
upon the, same plant:;t the latter only
bear fruit, which is first observed, at,
the base of the flower. ID The male blos-a
SONS is furnished with stamers, and
usually smaller than the female bios
SONS. The female blossoms are; fur
nished with pistis only. The differ
ent flowers are generally contiguous to 2
each other; the male flowers, are abso-.
lutely necessary to. .fiuetify the female,
blossom, by the dispersion. Of the pollon,:
which has the appearance cf a yellow;
powder. The1pollen, coming in con-
tact with the stigma Of tile female
flower, impregnates it.; without which,
no flower will produce fruit This, i,,l-y
pregnation is sometimes, performed: by,
the wind; rat other times, and more
frequently, by. bees and flies carrying
the 5pollon on their wings and,legs from
the male TO the female blossoms
When plants are grown under glass,
insects cannot have access to the plant,
and this impregnation is performed BY,
the hand, which is done by taking, a
male blossom between the thumb and
finger, and applying to the female bios
som III such q manner that the pollon
of the male flower will come in contact
with the pistils fthc female flowers
This is the mode to produce new vari-
eties, and must be performed with care.
Plants Of different varieties, growing
together, are pretty sure to mix; the
bees carry the pollon from one plant to
another. The, fruit Of the present year
will not be altered materially. The
seed Of the mixed cucumber will pro:
duce generally amongrel; not always,
but sometimes, distinct variety: but
they often partakc Of both varieties,
but more usually Of the male parent
Rsach stones, from grated Of biidded
fruit cannot be depended upon to pro-
3auce tree bearing the; same kind
from the fact that bees and other, in
sects, by flying from tree to tree, will
convey the pollon of one kind to the
flower Of another, and the peach stone
will produce a tree that will more gen
orally partake of the male. flower. If
a peachtree Of any kind We're SO isola-
ted thatthere were na other trees with
in the distance of the fiji ght Of insect
(thespiss from the tree SO situated would
!be very! likely to produce a tree bear
ling fruit like the original. I am aware
that this theory has objectors amongst
frnit-growers Of experience, but ! be-
lieye it true. ! therefore always urge
the proprietys of destroying every tree
of the fruit yard bearing inferior pea
ches, and in that case the pits from the
; trees Of any variety will. be very likely
to produce good fruit, and none poor.
once had q peach tree, Of a large,
; early, white variety, standing 50 near
one Of a large, late, yellow kind that
the limbs interlocked. I planted the
I pits from the peaches Of the mixed
limbs, and the trees grown from them
produced fruit like neither, and par.
taking of the nature of both, sripealine
!, between them and superior to either
the time of ripening prolonged fol
+ NEARLY four weeks. I always prefer. :
!. Seeding tree tor peaches, and have
raised thousands that have borne fruit
superior to any of budded sorts; the,
are also more hardy, and endure .th'
: winters of this climate when a, budded
treo will be destroyed by the cold.o49
January z, 1853. 8. B. NOBLE.