10 OiT.. 1917.1 



Apple Culture in Victoria. 



581 



Platp 133 (((. /). c. (I, (■) shows various tdims of other Jonathan abnor- 

 malities, wliile (/) and (g) represent in shape tlie plum and peach 

 n\sj)e(itive]y. 



These freaks are developed from blossoms corres]>oiiding in character 

 and formation with tlie specimens they produce. This is not generally 

 known, however, and the fruit's change from the normal is most com- 

 monly attributed to the action of frost. Another reason given for the 

 altered formation is that when .self- thinning out is in progress the little 

 fruits instead of falling to the ground adliere to the healthy ones next 

 to them. 



Plate 132. — Fig. 1. Two apple freaks of the Jonathan variety. 



Fig. 2. Transverse and vertical sections of specimens shown in 

 Fig. 1. 



A close studj' of the vertical sections of tihe blo.ssonis shown in 

 ])lafe 134 will reveal the fact that the reasons formerly advaneed as 

 being the cause of this unusual formation of the fruit were absolutely 

 incorrect. Although it is of regular formation, (a) on account of its 

 weak construction produces a small jilum-shaped apple like (/) in 

 plate 133. A bloom like (6) develops into an apple the sliape of that 

 marked (h) in plate 133. Blossom (c) has no fniLt representative 

 among the specimens given. This when fully developed would be simply 

 two apples on tlie one stalk. Specimens (d) and (e) are the most 

 common of those which deviate from the normal. They become fruits 



