THE POLLINATION AND SETTING OF FRUIT BLOSSOMS. 243 



The greengages are very frequently found shy bearers, though they 

 blossom well ; this may be due to some peculiarity in pollination ; for 

 in the beautiful fruit garden of Olantigh, near Wye, where the owner, 

 Mr. W. S. Erle-Drax, has kindly allowed me to make my trials, the 

 various varieties of greengage are crowded with fruit, and Mr. Bond., 

 the gardener, tells me it is so yearly. The trees are fan-trained against 

 a high wall, and there are several different varieties of greengage 

 planted near together; there are also four or more hives of bees in the 

 garden. I know a group of about 6 large greengage trees about a mile 

 distant th^t for five years have hardly borne a fruit. I think they 

 are all of one variety, and bees are at a greater distance. 



In California, * Coe's Golden Drop ' is found to fruit better when 

 interplanted with ' Satsuma,' a Japanese plum. 



SUMMABT OF POLLINATION EXPERIMENTS MADE AT WyE, KeNT, IN 1911 AND 1912. 





Insects excluded 



Pollinated own pollen 



Pollinated foreign pollen 



Fruit 



Number of 



Number in 



Number of 



Number in 



Number of 



Number in 





varieties 



which fruit 



varieties 



which fruit 



varieties 



which fruit 





tried 



matured 



tried 



matured 



tried 



matured 



Cherry 



13 



0 ' 



12 



5 



12 



8 



Plum . 



11 



2 



12 



6 



10 



7 



Apple . 



67 



1 



67 



11 



65 



48 



Pear . 



30 



0 



30 



2 



5 



5 



Cherry Pollination Trials made in the Orchards of Mr. Robert Amos 

 AT Wye in 1912. 













•la 



Variety 



sect! 

 lude 



ited 

 poll 













fu 



* Pavers' Early Black ' . 



0 



0 



' Knight's Black ' 



0 



0 



' Black Eagle ' . 



0 



0 



* Kentish Flemish ' 



0 





' Amber Bigarreau ' 



0 



0 



• Elton Heart ' . 



0 



0 



' Early Frogmore ' 

 •Rundles' . 



0 



0 



0 



F, 



'Turk' 



0 





' Napoleon ' . 

 ' Waterloo ' . 



0 



^3 



0 



0 



' Morello ' . 



0 



F 



Cross-pollinated with 



X ' Black Heart ' and 



' Elton ' 

 X ' Black Eagle ' 

 X ' Black Heart ' and 



' Knight's Early' 



X ' Black Heart ' 



X 'Turk' 



X ' Frogmore ' 



X ' Amber Bigarreau ' 

 X ' Napoleon ' 

 X ' Waterloo ' 

 X ♦ Amber Bigarreau ' 

 Trials on wild ' Mor- 

 ello ' in 1911 



Remarks 



Crop light, cherries 



single 

 Fair crop 

 Excellent crop 



Short crop ; old tree 

 Good crop 

 Good crop 

 Fair crop 



Very good crop 

 Good crop 

 Very good crop 

 Poor crop 

 Plentiful crop 



Besults :— Out of 13 varieties, insects excluded, 0 set and matured fruit. 



Out of 11 varieties pollinated own pollen, 4 set and matured. 

 Out of 11 varieties, 8 set and matured fruit. 



* The small number below F indicates the number of fruits produced. 



