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berry consists of the enlarged receptacle, the naked seed 

 growing on the outside of the edible part instead of 

 inside, as in the raspberry and blackberry. The straw- 

 berry corresponds with the part of the compound fruits — 

 raspberry and blackberry — which is left on the bush 

 when we gather the fruit (the receptacle). Some varie- 

 ties of strawberries produce without stamens, or the 

 pollen -producing (male) organs, while others produce 



B^iG. 22. Showing how Strawberry plants are pruned before planting. 



perfect flowers, or those containing all of the essential 

 organs of reproduction. The former are designated as 

 pistillate varieties and the latter as bisexual. The latter 

 are capable of producing fruit without the presence of 

 other varieties, while the pistillate varieties must be 

 alternated with the bisexual or they fail to produce. A 

 tree -peddler offering to sell an old lady a pistillate 

 variety explained this to her and received the reply, 

 "Well, for my part, I don't want strawberries that have 

 to be married before thev can make berries." She did 



