Show lowly maggot mag ot an aid to flower breeders bleeders Bre eders USE I 1 of the loathsome maggot in in the development of more lovely flowers for the gardeners of the world constitutes a little known phase of the science of flower breeding often in his work the flower breeder obtains outstanding sin gle plant specimens which give promise of becoming sensational new flower creations this remarkable plant individual must be protected from contamination cross pollination by neighbor flowers so the breeder encloses it as it grows in a muslin cage if the plant is to mature properly and produce seed however its flowers must be pollinated pollina ted but only with the pollen grains of that plant itself scientists call this sel elfing fing pollination by hand of all the cage caged d plants on a flower breeding plot would be long tedious work so gordon morrison ferry morse seed station enlists the aid of the maggot it is the maggot of the objectionable blowfly moreover blowfly maggots in the pupae stage are placed in the flower cage subsequently maturing into flies the insects are extremely active and they fly from flower to flower on the caged plant doing an excellent job of spreading pollen from one blossom to another the plant then proceeds to produce its prized crop of seed thus the long despised maggots do their part to help make the world more beautiful even so lets hope flower breeders bleeders bre eders find a way to put them out of existence after they have done their pollination li Ii chore |