Prof. Burrill took the Crescent strawberry, which is almost a pistillate. Along side were placed some Sharpless, and some of a wild variety with small dark-colored fruit and deep sunken seeds, as different as one could imagine from the Sharpless. These two very different kinds were used in this way to fertilize the Crescent.

When the fruit was ripe, a box of Crescents from near the Sharpless, and a box of Crescents from near the wild ones, were placed before several persons, without any one being able to detect the slightest difference between one box and the other.

This is one of the best tests we have heard of unless there should have happened enough pollen on the Crescents to fertilize themselves.