PROPAGATION, BREEDING 123 
becoming harder each year. It may be best 
for the amateur to improve some highly 
recommended variety by the process of selec- 
tion, leaving the breeding to the specialist or 
fancier. 
Some of the common crosses made have 
been McKinley x Ridgeway, Glen Mary x 
Wm. Belt, Hunn x Ideal, Wm. Belt x Wild 
strawberry, Ridgeway x Wild strawberry, 
and so on through numberless combinations. 
Observation made upon the sex of seedlings 
produced by cross-breeding have been some- 
what interesting. 
14 seedling plants of Bubach P. x Wilson B. formed 5 with B. 
blossoms and 8 with P. blosoms. 
14 seedlings of Bubach P. x Wm. Belt B. formed 8 with B. blossoms 
and 6 with P. blossoms. 
48 seedlings of Glen Mary B. x Wm. Belt B. formed 47 with B. 
blossoms and 1 with P. blossoms. 
30 seedlings of Hunn P. x Ideal B. formed 21 with B. blossoms and 
9 with P. blossoms. 
Some of the bi-sexual blossoms, though, 
were very weak in pollen. One of the plants 
of this last cross proved quite promising 
and a description of the offspring is here 
given: (Note. The description of the parents 
of these seedlings is given under Varieties 
in the last chapter.) 
