Bui. 1489. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture 
Plate 9 
Methods of Hand Pollinating 
A, Shoot bagged belore pollination 
B, Shoots cut back after first silks emerged, having been bagged before the silks appeared and to 
be rebagged as in A, C, and D. Two methods of bagging shoots after pollinating are shown 
C, Shoot with a desirable brush of silks ready to pollinate 24 hours after being cut back as in B 
