THE FRUIT -BUD OF APPLES 



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top shoots from a dwarf pear tree. Shoot 1 is 

 terminated by a leaf -bud, and shoot 2 by four 

 fruit -buds. During the season, the end of shoot 

 3 was injured. The dead tip is still seen at e. 

 Two side buds developed, and there was a great 

 deposition of tissue below each one ; but both 

 of these buds are still leaf -buds. (See Chapter 

 IV. for further discussion of this common occur- 

 rence.) 



Two apple spurs are reported in Fig. 62. One, 

 s, ends in a leaf-bud, and the other, o, in a fruit- 

 bud. Both set fruit the year 

 before, but the fruits did not 

 persist. Fig. 63 shows tips of 3KI d 



strong apple shoots. At d is 



62. Apple spurs; o has a 

 fruit -bud. 



63. Tips of apple shoots : 

 e is a fruit-bud. 



a leaf -bud and at e a fruit -bud. Observe that 

 the stoutest twigs bear the fruit -buds. 



In some cases, the two sexes the stamens and 

 pistils are in different flowers on the same plant, 

 and in a few trees (as willows and poplars) they 



