69. 
Sruit. The Berkshire Cham- 
pion cucumber. 
A seedless (not pollinated) 
CUCUMBER. 
duces seeds only near the 
blossom end, the ovules in 
the remaining half or two- 
thirds never filling out, no 
matter how much pollen is 
applied to the stigma. It 
would seem, therefore, that 
if all these ovules in the 
blossom end were to de- 
velop into good seeds, the 
fruit must be larger at this 
point. And it would also 
seem as if accidental appli- 
cation of pollen to one side 
of the stigma must make the 
fruit one-sided by developing 
one cell at the expense of 
another, for this actually oc- 
curs in tomatoes and apples. 
But we have found that seed- 
bearing is not necessarily as- 
sociated with a swollen end 
to the fruit, and pollination 
of one side does not appear 
to destroy the symmetry of 
the fruit. We have per- 
formed many experiments 
upon the influences of differ-~ 
ent amounts of pollen, but 
find that there is very little 
difference in external results, 
whether little or much pol- 
len is used. This is directly 
contrary to our experience 
with winter tomatoes. Little 
pollen (30 to 50 pollen 
grains) may produce fewer 
seeds than much pollen (200 
