VIL] "TAKING" CROWN AND TERMINAL BUDS 165 



In B three "Crown buds'' are retained (d). They 

 are the result of an early 

 break caused by a bud 

 (a) forming at the leading 

 point of the young growing 

 plant. This growth causes 

 other buds to start just 

 beneath as early as June. 

 Three are " taken " () ; all 

 the remainder (c) are re- 

 moved. Each of these 

 shoots produces the "Crown 

 bud"(aT). They are "taken" 

 by removing all the 

 shoots which grow around 

 each (e). 



If more shoots are 



retained, there will of course be more blooms, but smaller 

 in proportion. 



C is an illustration of a single branch or shoot of B. 

 A " terminal bud " is the apex of growth on every 

 such shoot. It is formed by hindering the bloom of 

 the early " Crown bud " (a, Fig. B.), and so enabling 

 each of the other shoots to produce (terminal) buds. 

 One of these shoots is here selected (Fig. C). The 

 "terminal bud" on each branch of B is "taken" by 

 removing all the side buds at (e). This would throw 

 all the strength of that branch into (a) (Fig. C.). 



