POLLINATION OF STRAWBERRIES 



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In the blackberries and dewberries, the receptacle forms a part 

 of the fruit, but in the raspberries the ovaries are separated 

 from the receptacle. 



Strawberries (Fig. 132) belong to the genus Fragaria and 

 have flowers very similar to the members of the genus Rubus, but 



FIG. 131. Blackberry, a form of aggregate fruit. 



fruit consists primarily of a large fleshy receptacle carrying 

 numerous naked akenes on its surface. 



Pollination of Strawberries. The flowers of some varieties 

 of strawberries have very little or no pollen. The two types 

 of blossoms, with and without stamens, are shown in Fig. 133. 

 Growers are unable to obtain fruit from the imperfect va- 



