CHAPTER II 



THE FRUIT -BUD 



Since one of the objects of pruning is to secure 

 more and better fruit, it is very important that 

 the reader know what the fruit -buds are and upon 

 what part of the plant they are produced. The 

 best way of gaining this knowledge is to examine 

 the plants in company with a competent instruc- 

 tor ; but since the author can produce neither of 

 these requisites, the reader must be content, for 

 the time, to look at pictures and to read about 

 them. The book will explain a few type examples, 

 and will suggest methods of inquiry. It is hoped, 

 however, that as soon as the page becomes dull, 

 the reader will betake himself to the tree, and 

 there obtain his knowledge first hand; but if he 

 should complain that the book and the tree do 

 not always tell the same story, the author will 

 declare that the observer did not see what he 

 looked at. 



Without further parley, let us look at the 

 plants.* 



*Parts of these observations are adapted from the author's "Lessons 

 with Plants." 



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