58 THE FRUIT -BUD 



(as it must be in Fig. 43, since the spur con- 

 tains but a single bud), also that the subsequent 

 growth of the spur arose from a side bud. In 

 fact, two of the spurs, a, &, developed two side 

 buds. The fruit -bearing of the gooseberry and 



45. Bearing shoot of dwarf juneberry. 



black-currant, therefore, is by means of spurs. 

 The black-currant bears mostly on last year's 

 wood, but the red and white currants bear 

 mostly on two -year -old wood. 



The juneberry twig (Fig. 45) shows that this 

 plant also bears upon spurs ; and upon each of 

 the four spurs shown in the illustration the old 

 fruit -stem still remains. The best clusters the 



