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THE POLLINATION OF PEAR FLOWERS. 



Angouleme crossed ivUh Seckel. 



Kocord 

 No. 



Fruits. 



Weight. 



Shape. 



Quality. 



Season. 



Reinarhs. 



4U5 



Grams. 

 141 



Not i\'pical 



Very good 



Normal' 



Tor feet (PL IX). 



liecord 

 No. 



Seeds. 



Sound. 



Ahortive. 



No. 



Weight. 



lieinarko. 



No. 



Weight. 



lieuiarks. 



4145 



6 



Grams. 



0. ao 



All i)luinp 



3 



Grams. 

 0. 02 



Large, dark. 



The self-polliiiated Angouleme fruits produced no perfect seeds. They 

 were inclined to be square in outline^ with a very broad cavity (see 

 P]. IX). The crossed fruits seemed normal, except the one produced 

 with Seckel pollen. This was shaped much like an Anjou, tapering 

 toward the stem, and was smoother aud finer-grained than the others. 



ANJOU. 



A n jo u self-poUln a ted. 



Record 

 No. 



Prdits. 



Weight. 



Shape. 



Quality. 



Season. 



Remarks. 



2871 

 2SS2 



Average.. . 



Grams. 

 192 



120 

 155 



155.7 



Rather broad at 



stem end. 

 Tvpieal 



Xery good 



Normal 



do 



Perfect (PI. X). 



Do. (PI. X). 

 Do. 



Broad at stem . . 



....do 



....do 



Record 

 No. 



Seeds. ' 



Sound. 



Abortive. 



No. 



Weight. 



Remarks. 



No. 



Weight. 



Remarkrj. 



2871 

 2882 



Average. . . 





 

 



Grams. 

 

 





10 

 10 

 10 



Grc vi<i. 

 0. 05 

 0. 04 

 0. 05 



Slender,darker, excepttips. 

 Slender, half colored. 

 Do. 











10 



0. 05 



These fruits all developed from flowers inclosed in paper bags on 

 trees Nos. 14 and 18 at Rochester. Of the 15 self-pollinated fruits 

 recorded as having set on all the Anjon trees at Rochester, only three 

 reached me. They were rather finer-flavored, juicier, and better than 

 crosses from the same trees, though not so large. 



