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of the pear, although the apricot spur never 

 attains such great age as the pear spur does. The 

 apricot, therefore, makes fruit -buds both upon 

 the current year's growth and upon spurs. 



We have found (Fig. 36) that the triplet buds 

 of the peach are subtended by three leaves. The 



41. Struggle for existence among the apple flowers. 



apricot is not so, for the three buds are borne 

 in the axil of a single leaf (Fig. 40). We have 

 seen in Figs. 10, 22 and 33 that the blossom -bud 

 of the apple and pear and cherry contains leaves 

 as well as flowers. These leaves persist through 

 the season and aid in nourishing the fruit. Notice 

 them in Figs. 14 and 23. They are also shown 

 in Fig. 41; and this picture (as, also, Fig. 14) 

 shows how it is that apples are usually borne 



