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1894 Shoot grew from D to beyond E. 



Side bud of 2 grew to 4, and made a fruit-bud on its end ; 

 the other side bud grew on to 5, and there made a fruit-bud. 



Side bud of 7 grew on to 10, and the other one to 8, each 

 ending in a fruit-bud. 



Buds on old shoot — i to 12 — still remained dormant. 



Some of the buds on the 1893 growth — 12 to D — remained 

 dormant, but some of them made fruit-spurs, — 14, 16, 17, 

 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23. 



1895. Shoot grew from beyond E to 28. 



Flowers were borne at 4 and 5, but at 4 the fruit fell early, 

 for the five or six scars of the flowers can be seen, showinsf 

 that no one of them developed more strongly than the other; 

 that is, none of the flowers "set." A fairly good fruit was 

 probably borne at 5. At the base of each, a bud started to 

 continue the spur next year. 



Upon the other spur, flowers were borne both at 8 and 10. 

 At 10 none of the flowers set fruit, but a side bud developed. 

 At 8 the fruit partially matured, and a side bud was also 

 developed. 



The buds upon the old stem from i to 12 still remained 

 dormant. 



Some of the spurs on the 1893 growth — 12 to D — devel- 

 oped fruit-buds for bearing in 1896. 



Some of the buds on the 1 894 growth — D to beyond E — 

 remained dormant, but others developed into small fruit- 

 spurs. One of these buds, near the top of the 1894 growth, 

 threw out a long shoot, starting from E; and the bud at 26 

 also endeavored to make a long branch, but failed. 



1896. Main shoot grew from 28 to the end. 



The side bud below 4 (where the fruit was borne the year 

 before), barely lived, not elongating, as seen above 3. This 

 branch of the spur is becoming weak and will never bear 

 again. The side bud of 5, however, made a fairly good 

 spur and developed a fruit-bud at its end, as seen at 6. 



The side bud of 10 grew somewhat, making the very short 

 spur I I. This branchlet is also getting weak. The bud of 

 8, however, developed a strong spur at 9. Both 1 i and 9 

 bear fruit-buds, but that on 11 is probably too weak ever to 

 bear fruit again. In fact, the entire spurs, from i to 6 and 

 I to 9, are too weak to be of much account for fruit-bearing. 



