The Buds. 



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133. Flower-Buds are often Readily Distinguished from 

 Leaf-Buds by location and appearance the same season in 

 which they are formed, which enables the fruit grower 

 to anticipate his crop. In the peach and apricot, and in 

 many varieties of plum, a flower-bud is normally formed 

 on each side of the leaf- bud in the young shoots of bear- 

 ing trees (Fig. 38). In the apple and pear, the flower- 

 buds are less definitely located, but are mostly formed 

 on the short, thick, wrinkled and crooked branches from 

 wood three or more years old (fruit spurs, Figs. 

 42 and 43). In some fruits, as the apple, cherry 

 and peach, the flower-buds are 

 usually thicker and more rounded 



Fm. 38. 



FIG. 



FIG. 40. 



FIG. 41. 



FIG. 42. 



FIG. 38. Flower-buds of Potlawattamie plum, Prunus angustifolia. 

 The central bud of each group is a leaf-bud. 



FIG. 39. Fruiting branch of European plum, Prunus domestica. B, 

 young wood. A, wood of preceding year. S, fruit spurs. 



FIG. 40. Fruiting branch of Morello cherry, Prunus , cerasus. B, 

 young wood. A, wood of preceding year. F, clusters of fruit-buds. 



FIG. 41. Leaf-buds of the apple. 



FIG. 42. Fruit-bud of apple-(F). 



All are reduced one-half. (Figs. 39, 40, 41 and 42 are after Barry). 



