552. THE STRUCTURE OF ECONOMIC PLANTS 



feet long, bearing inflorescences and fruits throughout its length. 

 At the base of the plant and where no inflorescences are developed, 

 the branching may be monopodial. A case of true dichotomy of 



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Flu. i^o. The tomato plant in fruit, variety Marglobe. (Courtesy of the Ferry-Morse 



Seed Co.) 



the vegetative axis has been reported by Caldwell (6) but this is 

 not common except in the dichotomous branching of some inflores- 

 cences. 



Adventitious roots develop readily from the stems, and for this 

 reason propagation by means of cuttings is sometimes practiced in 



