THE BUDS OF FRUIT-TREES 



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case in the strict sense 

 would be terminal and not 

 axillaiy. Some varieties 

 of apples yield amiual 

 crops, because the fruit in 

 one of the years is pro- 

 duced largely from axil- 



TF 



Fig. 6. — The beginning of a fruit-spur system in 

 the apple. 



TF 



Fig. 5. — Axillary and terminal fruit bud 

 formation in the apple. TF = terminal 

 fruit-bud; AF = axillary fruit-bud. 



lary fruit- 

 buds on the 

 one-year old 

 wood. Such 

 varieties as 

 the Jonathan, 

 Wealthy, and 



