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materially in the one case and to not 

 change it materially in the other. 



Fruit spurs develop from lateral buds 

 on shoots. Ordinarily not all lateral 

 buds on shoots develop into spurs. As 

 a matter of fact some lateral buds gen- 

 erally develop into side shoots; still 

 others remain dormant. Examination 

 of the condition presented by the two- 

 year-old or older wood of almost any 

 bearing apple trees reveals the fact that 

 normally the buds on the lower part of 

 the shoot remain dormant; those well 

 out toward the end are the ones that 

 develop into shoots; and those along the 

 middle of the shoot or between its 

 middle and outer end are the most 

 prone to form fruit spurs. The upper 

 ones grow out into shoots and spurs 

 because they are larger and plumper; 

 they are larger and plumper because 

 they, or more accurately the leaves that 

 subtended them, were better supplied 

 with light and consequently better 

 nourished the preceding season. With 

 these facts in mind let us see what the 

 effect is upon spur formation of head- 

 ing-back shoots. In the first place it is 

 noted that heading removes practically 

 all of the buds that normally would 

 have produced new shoots. But new 

 shoots are formed in as large numbers 

 as before. Consequently buds lower on 

 the shoot that otherwise would have 

 developed into spurs are forced out 

 into shoots. This automatically reduces 

 still further the number of new spurs 

 unless the heading forces the develop- 

 ment of fruit spurs from the weak buds 

 near the base of the shoot that nor- 

 mally remains dormant. Examination 

 shows that very few of such weak buds 

 are actually forced out by the heading- 

 back, and those that do push out gen- 

 erally develop into weak shoots instead 

 of spurs. Thus, the effect of heading- 

 back is to reduce fruit-spur formation. 

 If the heading-back is light the reduc- 

 tion is not a serious one; but if it is 

 severe it may result practically in pre- 

 venting it. On the other hand, an 

 equally severe (say a 50 per cent) thin- 

 ning of shoots leaves all those buds on 

 the unpruned shoots. Furthermore, it 

 does not force the development of new 

 shoots from buds that usually would 

 produce spurs. The result is that 

 while it somewhat reduces new spur 

 formation, it is much less of a check to 

 it than equally severe heading. 



However, the fruit grower is inter- 

 ested not only in fruit-spur production 

 but in fruit-spur functioning as well. 

 A tree with a thousand strong, vigorous, 

 productive spurs is probably worth just 

 as much, if not more, to the grower 

 than one having twice that number of 

 spurs, but half of them weak and un- 

 productive. Therefore, the question 

 arises as to the comparative influences 

 of heading-back and thinning-out upon 

 the behavior of already established 

 fruit spurs. What a spur will or will 

 not do in the way of fruit bud and 

 flower production depends very largely 

 upon the supply of elaborated food ma- 

 terials present — food materials classed 

 by the chemist as carbohydrates, and 

 including the starches and sugars. In 

 the presence of relatively large quanti- 

 ties of these food materials fruit buds 



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