CHAPTER XIV. 



STAMINATES AND PISTII,I,ATES. 

 (Perfect and Imperfect.) 



Be sure to provide plenty of pollen, TIM. 



F I \HESE terms are now well understood by others 

 J. than novices in strawberry culture, but begin- 

 ners may need to be told that the staminate 

 plants are those which carry their own pollen, 

 and are, therefore, called per- 

 * feet flowering, while blossoms 

 of pistillates contain no pollen, 

 are imperfect flowering, and, 

 therefore, require the aid of a 

 staminate variety before they will 

 produce fruit. A strong staminate 

 bloss om is 

 shown in Fig. 



I, a pistillate in Fig. 2, while a 

 feeble staminate is indicated in Fig. ^ 

 3 , which has a few stamens only, and 

 they not fully developed. The 

 Haverland, 



and some Fig-. 2 



others recognized as pistillate 

 sorts, have a few stamens, and 

 furnish sufficient pollen for self- 

 polleniza<tion, under favorable 

 conditions ; and such kinds are 

 usually more prolific of fair fruit 



than pistillates which are entirely devoid of stamens. 

 Staminates can be grown in a bed by themselves, and 



