Re: blossoms
List,
Thanks to you who replied. Here's what apparently happened:
She has a deformed petal, This left, when she swelled with anticipation, a
peekhole large enough for a small bee to slip through. But she remained
technically a virgin until this morning, when she opened to reveal a
deformed ovary, or whatsitcalled. A broken crown.
We pollinated her anyway, with three panting males from the 417 D Morgan.
She's on the main, in a perfect spot, but she's three days early and she has
a little sister just a bit farther down the main.
Kathie
>> 3. My 1385 Daletas came in heat today, or is that tomorrow? I was out of
>> town this morning, got to the patch to find a shriveled closed blossom with
>> a peek hole between petals. I spend hours there yesterday and hadn't a clue
>> she was so far along. In the past I've been able to predict when a female
>> was ready, and if it weren't for that peekhole I'd be guessing she'd be
>> ready tomorrow. What now, just set the alarm so as to be there and hold her
>> hand? Or izzit too late already and I might as well sleep in?
>>
>> Kathie Morgan, Santa Rosa
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