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ducert as axillaries along the sides of 

 the shoots. In certain of the Japanese 

 plums, these assume much importance, 

 producing a large proportion of the 

 total blossom crop. In these varieties, 

 they are distributed along the branch 

 in a way similar to peach buds. 



In peaches, the entire fruit-bud crop 

 is produced on the one-year wood. The 

 buds are borne in the axils of the 

 leaves, normally in groups of three. 

 In that case, the middle one is a leaf 

 bud, while the two outside buds form 

 flower parts. If the shoots are making 

 a very vigorous growth, and especially 

 if the tree is rather dense and shaded, 

 the fruit buds are mostly out toward 

 the terminals of the growth. On the 

 other hand, if the shoots are making 

 only a medium amount of growth, and 

 the tree is well opened up to the light, 

 the fruit buds will be well distributed 

 along the entire length. 



After this brief summary of where 

 fruit buds are formed, it is well to con- 

 sider briefly just what the exact differ- 

 ences in buds in various positions are, 

 if any such differences exist. Is there 

 any fundamental difference between 

 a spur and a shoot, and between buds 

 produced in the two positions'? Care- 

 ful microscopic study has failed to re- 

 veal any such difference. Leaf buds on 

 spurs and leaf buds on shoots are ap- 

 parently exactly the same, except in 

 degree of development. The only differ- 

 ence between spurs and shoots seems 

 to be in amount of growth made. The 

 amount of growth depends upon nutri- 

 tion, rather than upon any inherent 

 difference, either in the shoot or in the 

 buds. In those cases in which fruit 

 buds are formed on both spurs and 

 long shoots, there is apparently no dif- 

 ference in manner of formation and 

 development of flower parts. 



The question then arises, why do 

 some of these buds form flower parts 

 while others do not? If there is no 

 fundamental difference between buds 

 in different parts of the tree, why do 

 apples and pears tend to bear mainly 

 on spurs, rather than upon the one-year 

 wood? This brings up the question of 

 the fundamental conditions in the tree 

 which are associated with fruit-bud 

 formation. Before discussing this, it is 

 well to establish the exact season dur- 

 ing which fruit-bud formation takes 

 place. 



The season under Oregon conditions, 

 during which the earliest evidence of 

 flower parts in buds may be detected, 

 has been established more definitely for 

 apples than for any other kind of fruit. 

 Buds on spurs of apples have been 

 found to show the initial formation of 

 flower parts (luring a period extending 

 from the last of June until the middle 

 Of August. A few have been found to 

 be forming even as late as September 1. 

 Considerable variation occurs between 

 varieties as to the exact season of this 

 fruit-bud initiation, but for all varie- 

 ties, it extends over quite a long period 

 of lime. So far as the buds on the one- 

 year wood are concerned, they are 

 formed at a somewhat later date. Their 

 season occurs from the middle of Au- 

 gust until the end of September. Thus 

 if is seen thai in apples, there is a 



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The successful orchard results from careful methods 

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Proper spraying at the right time and with the right 

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