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ADgonleme fruits, description 57 



pear, pollination experiments 30, 36 



seeds, description 57 



Anjou fruits, description 58,59 



pear, pollination experiments 29,37 



seeds, description 58 



Apples, result of pollination experiments 81 



Bailey, Prof. L. H., cited on effects of pollen 56 



Bartlett fruits, from different kinds of pollen, description 60, 63, 64 



pear, pollinated witli Angouleme 31 



pollination experiments 31, 39 



results of work 41 



pollen, effect on different varieties 32 



seeds, description 60 



Bees, usefulness in pollinating 79,82 



Blight of pears, effect on fruitage 80 



Blooming, effect of rain during 77 



time of different varieties 22, 77 



Bosc pear, pollination experiments 42 



Bousaock fruits, description 58 



pear, pollination experiments 42 



seeds, description 68 



Brockport, experiments 17 



results 19 



weather record 18 



Brock worth pear, pollination experiments 42 



Buffum fruits, description, 65, 67 



pear, pollination experiments 43 



seeds, description 65,67 



Chestnut farm, experiments 20 



Clairgeaux pear, pollination experiments 30,43 



Clapps Favorite pear, pollination experiments 44 



Colonel pear (see Wilder). 



Columbia fruits, description 68 



pear, pollination experiments 45 



seeds, description 69 



Cross and self-fertilization, Darwin's laws regarding 10 



pollinated fruits, contrast 72 



seeds, contrast 74 



fertilization, means of securing 11 



pollination by wind 10 



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