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size that they were a year ago. They are dormant. The only way 

 for a mature bud to grow is by making leaves for itself, for a leaf 



FIG. 155. AN 

 APPLE TWIG. 



FlG. 156. Same twig before leaves fell. 



will never stand below it again. The twig, therefore, has buds of 

 two ages, those at bbbb are two seasons old, and those on the 



