| Show Lowly Maggot an Aid To Flower Breeders I USE TSE of the loathsome maggot In Inthe inthe the development of more lovely flowers for the gardeners of the world constitutes a little- little known phase of the science of flower breeding Often in his work the flower breeder obtains outstanding sin sin- plant gle-plant specimens which give promise of becoming sensational new flower creations This remarkable remarkable re re- plant individual must be protected from contamination pollination cross by neighbor flowers So the breeder encloses it as it grows in a muslin cage If It the plant is to mature properly properly properly prop prop- erly and produce seed however its flowers must be pollinated but only with the pollen grains of that plant itself Scientists call this selling Pollination by hand of all the caged plants on a flower breeding plot would be long tedious work so Gordon Morrison Morse Ferry-Morse Seed Station enlists the aid of the maggot It is the maggot maggot maggot mag mag- got of the objectionable blowfly moreover Blowfly maggots in inthe inthe inthe the pupae stage are placed in the flower cage subsequently maturing maturing maturing matur matur- ing into flies The insects are extremely extremely extremely ex ex- active and they fly from flower to flower on the caged plant doing an excellent job of spreading pollen from one blossom blossom blossom blos blos- som to another The plant then proceeds to produce its prized crop of seed Thus the long-despised long maggots do their part to help make the world more beautiful Even so so lets let's hope flower breeders find a away away away way to put them out of existence after they have done their pollination pollination pollination pol pol- chore |
