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only hermaphrodite flowers . 
The hermaphrodite blossoms range from flowers having reflexed, 
very poorly developed stamens ... to perfect flowers with upright 
stamens ... Varieties with reflexed stamens usually do not set fruit, 
or set only very loose clusters, unless they are cross-pollinated, 
either naturally or artificially. 
The pollen grains are deposited on the stigma through natural 
or artificial means. 
Dearing, C. 
1935. Muscadine grapes. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 17P5, 36 pp. 
p. 17: The pollen is carried from the male to the pistillate 
flowers almost entirely by insects. 
While the honeybee is a less-effective pollinating insect for 
muscadine than for fruits with sticky pollen, such as apples, it 
appears to have sufficient value to warrant placing stands of bees 
in large vineyards during the blossoming season . 
Mango 
Popenoe, W. 
1917. The pollination of the mango. U. S. Dept. Agr. Bui. 542, 20 pp. 
p. 4: In spite of the close proximity of anther and stigma, the 
transfer of pollen from the former to the latter does not seem to be 
accomplished easily. Both the stamen and the pistil retain an erect 
position throughout, and the pollen as it is shed usually falls upon 
the base of the ovary or upon the disk rather than upon the stigma. 
The normal method of transferring the pollen from the anther to 
the stigma must be through the agency of insects. 
p. 6: The industry with which the honeybee goes from flower to 
flower, systematically working over the surface of the disk with its 
proboscis to obtain all the nectar present, at the same time turning 
its body around in a circle and almost of necessity coming in contact 
with the anther in its circuit of the disk, makes this insect one of 
the most effective pollinating agents. 
Muskmelon 
Beattie, W. R. 
1926. Muskmelons. U. S. Dept. Agr. Farmers' Bui. 1£6£, 38 PP. 
p. 21: Growers frequently inquire why the early blossoms on 
their muskmelons do not set fruit. Muskmelon blossoms are of two 
kinds, staminate and pistillate, or male and female. Following the 
