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it were, smother the crown bud unless they are removed. 

 As a, rule, crown buds appear quite early in the season, 

 and if they are taken then, they will not make good 

 flowers, and even though it is thought best to use a 

 crown bud (if one is formed before August 15), it will be 

 better to remove the crown bud and all but one of the 

 leaf buds below it. A shoot will be developed from 



FIG. 16. CROWN BUD. 



this, which can be trained up and a "late crown" bud 

 that it may form can be taken. Later in the season it 

 will be likely to produce a terminal bud. As a rule, it 

 will be better not to take any buds until towards the 

 last of August for the early sorts, and from that time 

 until the middle to the last of September for the late 

 kinds. The crown buds are preferred by English grow- 



