TWO TYPES OF STRAWBERRY BLOSSOM 



Commercial varieties of strawberries fall in two classes: those with perfect flowers, including 

 both stamens and pistils (as shown at the top of the photograph) and those whose flowers 

 lack the male element, and are called pistillate. A flower of this type is shown at the 

 bottom of the photograph. It is obvious that if plants of the second type are grown 

 exclusively, the flowers cannot be fertilized, and will produce no fruit. It is therefore 

 necessary for every grower to have at least some plants of the perfect-flowering type, 

 in order to pollinate the blossoms and ensure a crop. It is not advisable to limit a planting 

 to a single variety, even if this have perfect flowers, because although they will produce 

 an abundance of pollen, yet it has been shown by experiment that better results are 

 secured when cross-pollination takes place from some other variety. Photograph bv 

 Fairchild. (Fig. 18.) 



