The little flowers that grow out of the cyathium are called pistillate flowers. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]] Reference
They have developed from the pistillate parent only. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914] Reference
My tree blooms heavily but has no pistillate flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933] Reference
The pistillate or female flowers are much hardier than peach flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
The pistillate flowers of McKinster, Caesar and Crath #1 were receptive on. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
In some grasses the spikelets contain only staminate or pistillate flowers. From Wordnik.com. [A Handbook of Some South Indian Grasses] Reference
Many times the pollen is dispersed before the pistillate flowers are formed. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
The pistillate flowers on the Persian walnuts were fully opened by May 16th. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
They are all healthy and vigorous, and several bore pistillate flowers in 1942. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
Black walnut pollen would then fertilize pistillate flowers of the Persian walnut. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
Many of the pistillate flowers were bagged and remained receptive for a long period. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The pistillate flowers appeared to be either receptive or slightly past at this stage. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
This will, I think, help to fertilize the pistillate or nutlet blossoms on many of the trees. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913] Reference
Both staminate and pistillate buds of filberts above the snow were practically all destroyed. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
In 1951, the staminate flowers were first observed April 29 and the pistillate flowers May 2. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
I got busy with the Cochrane pollen and a brush and went to work on the Crath pistillate bloom. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
The pistillate blossom assumes the form of one or more tiny nutlets with little sharp-pointed tips. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
There are times when the pollen of the staminate plant is all shed before the pistillate gets ready. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifteenth Annual Meeting New York City, September 3, 4 and 5, 1924] Reference
The pistillate flowers accept absolutely no pollen, but go on and develop because of its impulse given. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914] Reference
The flowers are diœcious, and the pistillate flowers are succeeded by black fruits looking like grapes. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses] Reference
I never saw a nicer pistillate bloom on any Persian walnuts than these trees had, yet not a single nut set. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
I may add it a little too early or too late when the pistillate flower is unprepared and I won't get a cross. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914] Reference
We have eight trees and four of them produced pistillate blooms and we had to bring pollen to pollenize them. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914] Reference
Crosses between these two species commonly have the Persian walnut as the pistillate or nut producing parent. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fourth Annual Meeting Downington, Pennsylvania, September 11 and 12, 1933] Reference
We had unexpected cold weather and storms and my pistillate hazels did not bloom until more than two weeks later. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914] Reference
During an unusually warm spring catkins develop more rapidly than terminal growth containing the pistillate flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
In the older orchard about 16 varieties bore a number of pistillate flowers that were recorded as medium or greater. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
The Chairman: You can graft the male trees with pistillate grafts if you want to, or you can transfer grafts both ways. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Third Annual Meeting Lancaster, Pennsylvania, December 18 and 19, 1912] Reference
However, only those in which the number of pistillate flowers was described as medium or numerous will be recorded here. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
He reports temperatures of 16 degrees very early in November which caused no harm, and pistillate bloom from May 8 to 16. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 44th Annual Meeting Rochester, N.Y. August 31 and September 1, 1953] Reference
This hybrid produces = pistillate flowers only =, lending itself easily to pollination with the various varieties of Persian. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Meeting Guelph, Ontario, September 3, 4, 5, 1947] Reference
Several growers have noted that their trees began to bear pistillate flowers within a few years after planting but set no nuts. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1943] Reference
Three hundred and ninety-two bore pistillate flowers and 74 of these would probably have had full crops had they been pollinated. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
It was the latter part of February when we had one or two warm days and I believed my pistillate hazels were about ready for pollen. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fifth Annual Meeting Evansville, Indiana, August 20 and 21, 1914] Reference
Some varieties shed pollen before pistillate flowers are receptive; others shed pollen when pistillate flowers are no longer receptive. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the 41st Annual Meeting Pleasant Valley, New York, August 28, 29 and 30, 1950] Reference
The pistillate flowers are also hardier than the wood as flowers were observed on trees the wood of which was nearly dead by midsummer. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting Battle Creek, Michigan, September 10 and 11, 1934] Reference
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