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leaves intimately associated with a 

 single bud. while on the year wood 

 there is but a single leaf subtending 

 each bud. Consequently, il is to he ex- 

 pected that the elaborated food supply 

 would become abundant al an earlier 

 dale in the region of the larger leal' 

 area. Hence, the fact that these buds 

 arc formed at an earlier date indicates 

 that their formation is associated with 

 the elaborated food supply. 



In our deciduous tree fruits, regard- 

 less of whether the fruit buds are 

 formed on one-year wood or on spurs, 

 they are usually found in that region 

 of the tree in which the largest leaf 

 area has the best exposure to the light. 

 This is the region in which the greatest 

 elaborated food manufacture is going 

 on, and is another indication of the 

 association of elaborated food manu- 

 facture and fruit-bud formation. 



2. The influence of removing a ring 

 of bark, or partially girdling the tree, 

 upon the formation of fruit buds in the 

 tree is another indication of conditions 

 in the tree essential to fruit-bud forma- 

 tion. When we cut through the bark, it 

 becomes impossible for any elaborated 

 food from the leaves to pass down into 

 the roots, since the elaborated food is 

 transported through bark. Consequent- 

 ly, such a treatment will usually soon 

 lead to the accumulation of elaborated 

 food in the top of the tree. In such 

 trees, a large number of fruit buds are 

 almost invariably formed. We have 

 often seen trees almost girdled by win- 

 ter injury, which during the following 

 summer formed flower parts in almost 

 every bud on the tree. 



3. Finally chemical annalysis has 

 shown that fruit buds are formed on 

 those spurs and branches which show 

 the highest percentage of starch stored 

 during the winter. While this work has 

 been carried on only on a very limited 

 scale, results that have been obtained in 

 those instances in which it has been 

 done entirely bear out the theory that 

 fruit buds are formed when the elabo- 

 rated food supply is abundant. 



From a consideration of all these 

 facts, we reach but one conclusion, 

 namely, that whatever the real cause of 

 fruit-bud formation may be, it is very 

 closely associated with the elaborated 

 food supply. We must emphasize again, 

 however, that it is a relative abundance 

 of elaborated food as compared to the 

 raw food from the roots, rather than 

 the absolute amount, that is correlated 

 with fruit-bud formation. 



The question that naturally arises 

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 cussion is this, What is the practical 

 application of this study of fruit buds? 

 How, if at all, is orchard practice to be 

 regulated by this knowledge of condi- 

 tions in the tree associated with fruit- 

 hud formation? 



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 trees that have reached bearing age, 

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 regulating elaborated food supply may 

 be grouped under two heads. (1) Regu- 

 lating leaf area, and its exposure to the 

 light. (2) Regulating the intake of raw 



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