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THE FRUIT -BUD 



cot is seen in section in Fig. 57. A flower -bud 

 (taken after it had begun to swell) is shown 

 enlarged in Fig. 58. 



The pictures will aid the inquirer in deter- 

 'mining the fruit-buds in pears and apples; and 

 discussions in Chapter IV. may also help him 



61. Tips of pear shoots; 2 has fruit-buds. 



to understand them. Fig. 59 is a pear spur. In 

 1897, it bore fruit at its end, a, and two side 

 spurs, each terminated by a leaf -bud, arose from 

 below the fruit. In 1898, these two branches 

 may be expected to produce fruit -buds and to 

 bear in 1829. Fig. 60 shows a terminal leaf- 

 bud at A, and three terminal fruit-buds at E. 

 Below these three is a leaf -bud. These two 

 twigs in Fig. 60 are short spurs. 



In Fig. 61 are shown the tips of three strong 



