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[derry&bill <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>]

Mark,

The peach blossoms don't need cross-pollination, but something has to 
scramble around in the blossom to move the pollen from the anthers to 
the stigma.

In my area the male Blue Orchard Bees do a great job while they are 
waiting for the females to emerge.

Derry


I thought peaches had perfect flowers.  Doesn't that
> mean the flowers have both male and female parts and pollinate themselves?
> Can anyone clarify?
>
> Mark
> Kansas