Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1875-07-14
Queer Notions.


many miles to hear.
Queer Notions.
WArrnn1oSs Tho Manchester Mirror gives /
the following as q method practiced for the n,is- /
ing Of watemclous, which may I've of value 90 /
some Comparatively few farmers ufc aware |
that plants like animals have scx that while eNpc
riencc teaches them to select certain seeds for
planting, they are following n Semitic method |
without knowing It, An old gentleman, who has |
been very successful in watermelon culture, /
lately told us the secret Of his success which is an
unconscious recognition OF the sexual principle |
in plant life lie selects the seeds only from fruit /
grown near the main vines, carefully excluding I
all seeds from melons having sharp or round ends |
tthe males and by this means his crop is always |
prolific and never deficient in quality.
We find the above scrap reprinted in the
The Neic England Farmer without com
ment; and we can but think it hardly cred /
liable to New England agriculture when two
Of our leading agricultural papers print such |
stuff as useful information.
1t really seems as if some minds could
never get hold Of a scientific fact 10y the
right end. The subject of sex in plants is
one Of great practical Importance to every
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flowers, or spindle, down upon the female
flowers, or silk" The transference Of this
pollen from the male TO the female flower is
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seed we nave known people 10 PICK Oh
the male blows from their eucumbers, under
the idea that they exhausted the strength of
tha vinos with the rosnlt of ,,o onc,n,l, or,
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bee from a neighboring patch few
years ago, upon the shore of Lake Memphre-
maqog large field of corn standing near
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vi, ""'ei p'o'u,'' mummy '"' a crop u
Gods win seareiy kernel upon them, IN
consequence of violent wind storm that
struck the field lust as the pollen of the tas-
sels was ro,dv ~ fan and lle,, !, al o,,a,.
iulo 'ne iahe'
Now, in the extract given at the head Of
this article, it will be seen that the writer
has heard of the sexuality of plants. and
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cage OF lhe iaels as 70 place lhe sexes IN lhe