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THE FRUIT -BUD 



THE FRUIT-SPUR AS ILLUSTRATED BY 

 THE APPLE 



We have now found (Figs. 9, 10, 11) that there 

 are two kinds of buds, the leaf -buds, and the 

 fruit -buds (or flower -buds). Some of these fruit- 



The fruit-spur and leaf-spur. 



buds on the apple tree terminate short branches 

 (e e </, Fig. 9), but now and then one is borne 

 on the end of the axial shoot of the season. Fig. 

 12 is an apple twig as it looks in late summer and 

 in winter. Several dormant buds are seen on the 

 lower part. At a and "b are short branches. The 

 branch 5 has made a small and pointed bud, which 

 is evidently to bear only leaves next year, while 



