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necessary actually to place the pollen upon the stigma 

 with some hand instrument. When pollinating house- 

 grown melons and cucumbers, the staminate flower is 

 broken off, the corolla stripped back, and the anther- 

 cone inserted into the pistillate flower, where it is allowed 

 to remain until it dries x and falls away. In pollinating 

 house tomatoes, an implement shown in Fig. 92, one-third 

 size, is used. This is simply a watch-glass, T, secured to a 



FIG. 95. Fuchsia flower emasculated. 



handle. When the house is dry, at midday, the watch- 

 glass is held under the flowers, which are tapped, and the 

 pollen falls into the glass. The glass is then held up 

 under another flower until the stigma rests in the pollen. 

 It should be said, however, that this pollination of toma- 

 toes is for the purpose of making the fruit set in the ab- 

 sence of insects, not to effect a cross. If the latter pur- 

 pose were the object sought, the flowers which are to 

 bear the seeds would need to be emasculated. 



