﻿BUDS 
  AND 
  BRANCHES 
  

  

  99 
  

  

  flower 
  bud 
  contains 
  a 
  good 
  many 
  blossoms, 
  only 
  one 
  fruit 
  is 
  

   generally 
  produced 
  from 
  each 
  bud. 
  In 
  cherries 
  a 
  single 
  bud 
  

   produces 
  a 
  cluster 
  of 
  fruits. 
  Why 
  ? 
  

  

  FIG. 
  83. 
  Development 
  of 
  leaf 
  bud 
  of 
  pear 
  

  

  A, 
  a 
  leaf 
  bud 
  of 
  pear 
  in 
  autumn 
  ; 
  B, 
  a 
  leafy 
  shoot 
  derived 
  from 
  A, 
  as 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  

  

  middle 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  summer, 
  with 
  flower 
  bud 
  at 
  tip 
  ; 
  C, 
  the 
  fruit 
  spur 
  B 
  .* 
  

  

  it 
  appears 
  in 
  autumn, 
  after 
  the 
  falling 
  of 
  the 
  leaves 
  

  

  as 
  

  

  FIG. 
  84. 
  Fruit 
  bud 
  of 
  pear 
  (same 
  as 
  C 
  of 
  fig. 
  83), 
  showing 
  its 
  development 
  

  

  A, 
  opening 
  in 
  spring 
  ; 
  B, 
  later, 
  developing 
  flowers 
  and 
  leaves 
  ; 
  C, 
  later 
  still 
  only 
  

  

  one 
  flower 
  has 
  produced 
  a 
  fruit, 
  the 
  rest 
  having 
  fallen 
  off 
  without 
  maturing, 
  

  

  and 
  below 
  is 
  a 
  lateral 
  mixed 
  bud 
  which 
  will 
  continue 
  the 
  spur 
  next 
  year 
  

  

  