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THE exceptionally low number of good seeds obtained when the pear variety Beurré Bedford is used as pollen parent in breeding experiments1 led me to observe a series of developmental aberrations in this variety which may prove of value in producing new and improved forms.
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THOMAS, P. A Useful Abnormality of the Pollen in a Pear. Nature 149, 168–169 (1942). https://doi.org/10.1038/149168b0
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