FRUIT -BEARING OF PLUM 



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Cherry spurs. 



notice in determining which are leaf-buds and 

 which fruit -buds is the direction of growth of 

 the entire spur. The 

 pear spur (Fig. 19) 

 is crooked and forked' 

 because the fruit- 

 buds are terminal ; 

 if, therefore, the plum 

 spur is straight or 

 continuous in growth, 



it is because the terminal buds are leaf -buds. 

 The side buds may therefore be inferred to be 

 fruit-buds. The reader should examine a plum 



tree in either flower or 

 fruit 'for further light 

 upon this point; and 

 from all his observations 

 he will be able to satisfy 

 himself that there are at 

 least two general types 

 of spurs upon fruit 

 trees, with termi- 

 nal fruit -buds and 

 terminal leaf -buds. 

 The fruit -bearing 

 of the common plum 

 is further illustrated 

 in Fig. 29, which 



shows the growths of the two last years. The 

 last season's growth is from a to e, and upon 



The same spurs in May. 



