New York AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 8385 
HERBERT. 
In all tests Herbert has proved completely self-sterile. 
On a broken cane six clusters, on a girdled cane six clusters, 
on a bent cane five clusters and on a normal cane six clusters 
were cross-pollinated with pollen from other clusters on the 
same respective canes. No fruit set in any case. 
NIAGARA. 
Niagara is strongly self-fertile. 
On a bent Niagara cane six clusters were close-pollinated. 
These rated 95, 85, 98, 95, 97, 90. Average seeds per berry, 1.89. 
Fruit of normal size. 
On a normal cane 10 clusters were close-pollinated. These 
rated 75, 90, 78, 92, 98, 92, 78, 93, 90, 90. Fruits were of normal 
size. Average seeds per berry, 2.17. 
SALEM. 
In all tests Salem has proved self-sterile. 
On a girdled cane 10 clusters, and on bent canes 10 clusters, 
were close-pollinated. No fruit set. 
VERGENNES, IN 1901. 
This is classed among the imperfectly self-fertile varieties. 
When self-pollinated only it sometimes produces marketable 
clusters, but in many cases the clusters under such conditions 
are too unsymmetrical and too imperfectly filled to be marketable, 
On a girdled cane 10 clusters were close-pollinated. One 
failed to develop further; possibly it was accidentally broken | 
during the treatment. The other nine rated respectively 100, 60, 
100, 88, 100, 100, 100, 98, 80. Fruit normal in size. Seeds 
averaged 1.84 per berry. 
On a bent cane 10 clusters were close-pollinated. They rated 
100, 60, 100, 88, 98, 90, 82, 88, 95, 85. Fruit normal in size. 
Seeds averaged 2.66 per berry. 
On a normal cane 10 clusters were close-pollinated. They 
averaged 80, 96, 75, 95, 80, 80, 90, 88, 88, 100. Fruit normal in 
size. Seeds averaged 2.38 per berry. 
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