64 THE FRUIT -BUD 



we may say that the fruit of the grape is borne 

 upon growing shoots of the season which arise 

 from wood of the last year's growth. If, there- 

 fore, two to four clusters of grapes may be ex- 

 pected from each bud upon the recently matured 

 canes, the pruner can determine how many buds 

 he shall leave, that is, how long he shall cut 

 his canes, to produce a given crop. 



In fall and winter, a recent black raspberry 

 cane looks like A, Fig. 53. In the following 

 summer, the bud above A sends forth a shoot, the 

 remains of which may persist the next winter and 

 look like B. This shoot bore several leaves, and 

 a cluster of berries at its top. The red rasp- 

 berry, blackberry and dewberry behave in a simi- 

 lar way. These plants are, therefore, like the 

 grape in the fact that they bear fruit upon leafy 

 shoots of the season which arise from wood of 

 the previous year's growth; but they differ from 

 the grape in the fact that the fruit is borne on 

 the end of the shoot, and the shoot, therefore, 

 cannot itself develop into a long cane. In other 

 words, the canes of the brambles arise each year 

 from the root and bear the following year 

 whereas the canes of the grape arise from other 

 canes. 



Very many plants bear their flowers or fruits at 

 the ends of leafy shoots of the season, and their 

 fruit-bearing might, therefore, be said to be co- 

 terminal (page 59); but this term should be. 



