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THE ORCHARD. 



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Fig. 48. 



ment, with the same result. When I have suffered such shoots to 

 extend freely to their natural length, I have found that a small part 

 of them only became productive, either in the same or the ensuing 

 season, though I have seen 

 that their buds obviously 

 contained blossoms. I 

 made several experiments 

 to obtain fruit in the fol- 

 lowing spring from other 

 parts of such branches, 

 which were not success- 

 ful : but I ultimately 

 found that bending these 

 branches, as far as could 

 be done without danger of 

 breaking them, rendered 

 them extremely fruitful; 

 and, in the present spring, 

 thirteen figs ripened per- 

 fectly upon a branch of 

 this kind within the space 

 of ten inches. In train- 

 ing, the ends of all the 

 shoots have been made, 

 as far as practicable, to 

 point downwards."-.ZZbr. 

 Tram.j iv. 201. 



THE FILBERT-TREE. 

 The filbert-tree is one of 

 those which does not con- 

 tain all the parts necessary 

 for the production of fruit 

 in the same bud. Some 

 buds develop only the 

 male parts, and others 

 only the female ; the for- 

 mer are comprised in 

 those pendent yellow cat- 

 kins, easily recognized in 

 the end of winter and 

 early spring. The female 

 portions are less conspicu- 

 ous ; all that appears of 

 them are some slender, 

 deep crimson stigmas, pro- 

 truding beyond the apex 

 of the buds, as repre- 

 sented at 6, b. On these, 



fertilizing particles from the catkins either fall naturally, or are other- 

 wise brought in contact with them whilst being blown about by the 

 winds ; and fruitfulness is the result. If, on the contrary, there are 

 28 



Branch of the Filbert, a, a, a, wood 

 buds ; 6, 6, blossom buds. 



