Roosevelt Standard | 1917-08-22 | Page 6 | Clear Weather for Fruits

CLEAR WEATHER FOR FRUITS if conditions are right bees are active and cross pollination pol it nation proceeds rapidly it Is a well known fact among the best fruit growers that the weather conditions during fruit bloom has much to do with the setting of the fruit it if the weather Is clear and warm borin at blooming time the bees are active and cross pollination proceeds rapidly while hile it if the weather cond conditions are wet vet cloudy and cold the insects are not active and usually a poor set of fruit Is secured strong cold winds may often prevent the bees f from rom cross pollinating one side of the a apple P ale trees and this may account for the set of fruit on only one side of the trees