1921.] 



Pollination of Fruits. 



129 



Pears that failed to mature fruit with their own pollen 

 include: — Beurre Kance, Catillae, Clapp's Favourite, Emile 

 d'Heyst, Fertility, General Todleben, Josephine de Malines, Le 

 Lectier, Marie Louise, Nouvelle Fulvie, Passe Cresanne, and 

 Uvedale's St. Germain. Twelve varieties of pear matured fruit 

 with their own pollen out of 38 varieties tried. 



Cherries. 



Varieties that proved self-fruitful in these trials: — 



CHERRIES 

 more or less 

 SELF-FRUITFUL. 



LBPT, 



Own 

 Pollen. 



FOREIC 

 POLLE 



K 



f. 



Number of 

 Bags. 



Number of 

 Fruits Set. 



Number of 

 Fruits matured. 



Number of 

 Bags. 



Number of 

 Fruits Set. 



Number of 

 Fruits Matured. 



Number of 

 Bags. 



Number of 

 Fruits Set. 



Number of 

 Fruits Matured. 



W yo Morcllo : (Perfectly self-fertile) 



3 





10 



4 





17 



2 





2 



Morello : (Very self -fertile) 



5 



9 



2 



10 



13 



26 



3 



13 



10 



Roundels 



2 



10 







2 



17 



6 



3 



14 



8 



Turk 



6 



8 



I 



6 



9 



6 



5 



32 



18 



Circassian 



2 















2 



12 



10 



Elton Heart 



7 







6 



26 



4 



13 



60 



42 



Napoleon Bigarreau 



4 



13 







25 



3 



6 



37 



8 



In addition to these, it was found at Merton that Flemish 

 Red and Late Duke were self -fertile, and Mayduke and Arch- 

 duke partly self -fertile. The following varieties of cherries 

 failed to mature fruit with their own pollen : — 







Left. 







1 1 W X 





Foreign 









Pollen. 



Pollen. 



CHERRIES 







ol 







■*j 9 









SELF-STERILE 



umber ol 

 Bags. 



"N 

 — / 









o b 

 u ■£ 





°« 

 u rr 



= 



( in these trials). 



umbe 



Is 



B >* 

 3 J3 



| « 





umbe 

 ts Ma 



jg to 



S 



umbe 

 ruits I 



■~ g 



5 is 









* B 



"A 







y 





S 



Early Rivers : (9 pollens tried, good 





















fruit matured with pollens of Old 





















Kentish Black. Elton, Waterloo, 





















Amber Bigarreau, Black Eagle, 





















Florence and Turk) 



8 



? 



(1 



4 



5 







15 



89 



60 



Amber Bigarreau: (8 pollens tried ; 

 fruit matured with Turk, Frog- 







































more, Napoleon and Old Black 

 Heart pollens) 





















1 











3 











11 



24 



16 



Frogmore Bigarreau : (5 pollens 





















tried ; best results from Amber 





















Bigarreau and Turk) 



3 



10 







3 



16 







5 



25 



18 



Black Eaglo : (Fruit matured with 





















pollen of Knight's Early Black)... 



4 











2 











5 



7 



1 



c 



