Image Copyright 2001, David L. Green
Each ovule in the center of the berry could have produced another drupelet, the pulpy fruit globes, if it had been fertilized by a grain of pollen. Now it is too late, and only four drupelets have developed.
Blackberry Pollination Images
Rubus villosus
The most likely difference is the number of bee visits.
Image Copyright 2001, David L. Green
Each ovule in the center of the berry could have produced another drupelet, the
pulpy fruit globes, if it had been fertilized by a grain of pollen. Now it is too late,
and only four drupelets have developed.
Image Copyright 2001, David L. Green
Most of the ovules were fertilized and the drupelets developed.
Maximizing bee populations helps to achieve more berries that are well pollinated.
Image Copyright 2001, David L. Green
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She makes it possible.
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