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- verb Present participle of
pollenize .
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Examples
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To plant several varieties is absolutely necessary on account of pollenizing, as staminate and pistillate flowers, though on the same plant, do not always appear together in proper condition on all plants; in fact it has been proven in my orchard that sometimes plants bring forth a great many pistillate blossoms and not a single staminate one on them, and still a good crop of nuts were grown on them.
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The plants themselves were growing beautifully, but most of the staminate blossoms or catkins were frozen, and, consequently, very little pollenizing was accomplished, and very little fruit the result.
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Persian walnuts are self-pollenizing if pistillate and staminate blossoms occur at the same time, but such usually is not the case.
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Study the pollenizing problems of all the better varieties of nut trees, especially the black walnut, chestnut and hickory species, and test the better varieties to find those best suited to Ohio conditions.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
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I have a lot of hazels ready for pollenizing next spring.
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Mayette and Franquette for lateness, but refuses to bear, apparently for want of pollination; Chambers that was recommended along with King for pollenizing the late bloomers but not fully successful; Breslau, with its huge nuts but slow growth, in addition to an assortment of
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These being protected during the winter, on being bent back to their original position, will come into bloom in a few days, pollenizing the waiting pistillate flowers.
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Very strange to say, my best Persian walnut --- whose shell is very thin, whose meats are very sweet and fat, the tree itself a fast grower, prolific and self-pollenizing -- not only did not show a sign of trouble but actually had a crop of most excellent nuts.
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It is self-pollenizing and also a good pollenizer for all my other varieties, shedding pollen over a long period of time, although it is the latest of all in producing its pistils.
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It should be his job to study some of the scientific phases of nut culture, such as artificial crossing, pollenizing data on various species and varieties of nut trees, genetic investigations, value of the proper root stocks, and, as time and information would warrant, the publishing of monographs on phases of nut growing.
Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943
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