THE PRODUCTION OF SEEDLESS PEARS 



Thisjis the" Winter! Nclis pear, a self-fruilful and, very rarely, self-fertile variety. 

 Abovc^is a fruit i^roduced by cross-jjulJination, and having the full comi)lement 

 of seeds. Below is a fruit i)roduced from self-i)ollination— it is entirely normal 

 both size and shape, but has not a single seed. It has been determined that 

 parthenocarpy— the production of fruits without seeds— occurs onlv rarely in 

 this variety. (Fig. 9.) ' 



