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Article: A Question of Sex.(Features)
- Article from:
- Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
- Article date:
- September 1, 2001
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Byline: Peter Surridge
ANSWERING gardening questions is a little like being an agony aunt. It's not so much "My boyfriend wants me to . . ."
as "How can I get my apple tree pregnant?"
Sex plays a critical role in the garden. It decides which pests prosper, which weeds spread and how many fruits a tree will bear.
Take these two fruit questions I received recently.
Q: A friend says that apple trees need a crab apple tree somewhere nearby for pollination to take place. Is that true?
A: Many kinds of fruit tree need pollen to be transferred - by insects in search of nectar - from another variety in blossom at the same ...