Bisexual Flower. (K) 
This bloom was taken from a bisexual or male va- 
riety; it has both male and female organs (stamens 
and pistils), and will fruit alone without the presence of 
other varieties. The stamens surround the center cone 
of pistils and the pollen falls directly on them, fecun- 
dation taking effect at once. 
Pistillate Flower. (P.) 
The above bloom was taken from a pistillate or fe- 
male variety; they have no male organs to produce 
pollen, therefore, must have a bisexual or male variety 
set every third row, so wind and insects will carry pol- 
len to them. Read article on Pollenization, which 
tells how to set them. 
disposition to employ more of its energies in this 
direction. They are staked, numbered and 
closely watched through the entire growing sea- 
son; each one of these staked hills is allowed to 
make fifteen plants, so that we can determine 
whether this feature of strong foliage-making is 
permanently fixed in the mother plant so it will 
be transmitted into the offspring. 
'The following spring twelve plants are taken 
from each of these staked hills, and set in breeding 
bed No. 2, giving them the same number as the 
mother plant from which they were taken; this 
leaves the mother plant and three of her off- 
springs to make our fruiting tests. The plant 
showing greatest gain is the one from which 
the breeding is continued. Our whole aim with 
the Clyde is to increase the foliage without de- 
teriorating in fruit and thus get a perfect balance. 
'I'he fault with Gandy is just opposite to that 
of the Clyde; it employs its energies to foliage 
production at the expense of fruit. Our aim is 
to increase the fruiting power by making selec- 
tions from the mother plants, which have de- 
veloped the most and largest crowns, produc- 
tiveness being the principal point in mind. Thus 
we work along opposite lines to those followed 
in breeding up the Clyde, though having the 
same aim in view — a proper balance between 
foliage and fruit. There are sixty-five varieties 
in our breeding-bed undergoing this process of 
selection, each one being treated according to 
its individual habits. We not only are working 
to improve the strawberry along these lines, but 
also seek to get a more perfect and healthy fol- 
iage by selecting from mother plants, showing 
the greatest ability to resist fungus attack. We 
have discovered that weakness in this direction 
can be eradicated to a large extent. No matter 
how susceptible a variety may be to fungi, some 
plants of this particular variety will be found 
which resists or is less subject to attack than 
others, and by continuous breeding from those 
hardy in this respect such weakness will event- 
ually disappear. " 
Bases of Success With Strawberries 
THE strawberry m^ well be entitled the 
fruit universal. Pibrhaps no other fruit 
has so wide a habitat. North and south, 
east and west, it thrives; throughout Liu-ope it 
is a favorite; from the isles of the Pacific come 
glowing accounts of its success, and Asia has 
learned to admire its fine qualities. Clay soil, 
or black soil, or sandy loam — all are congenial 
homes for these kindly and generous friends of 
man. Yet no other fruit requires more thought 
and care than the ubiquitous strawberry if larg- 
est success is to be realized. 
1 he losses to the strawberry growers of this 
coimtry who use poorly developed plants are 
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