42 THE FRUIT -BUD 



on to g and there made a fruit -bud, while its 

 twin bud (upon the left) did not elongate; 1887, 

 fruit borne at g, but it did not mature (as shown 

 by the small size of the scar) , and the spur con- 

 tinued to h, and there made another fruit -bud; 

 the twin bud now pushed on to / and made a 

 fruit -bud, and the spurs d and d d are alive, but 

 evidently doomed soon to perish; 1888, fruits 

 were borne at / and h (the bearing year having 



20. An old pear spur 



been changed), but neither of them matured, the 

 side spurs pushed on to // and Ji h, and an at- 

 tempt was made at fruit -bearing at d; 1889, all 

 shoots elongated and all end in leaf -buds, show- 

 ing that the change in the bearing year had in- 

 terfered with the normal development, for this 

 should have been the year of fruit. Our spur, 

 therefore, is ten years old; it has borne good 

 fruits three times, and has made five unsuccess- 

 ful attempts at fruit -bearing; some of the 

 branches are too weak for further usefulness; 



