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that is encircled by several rows of tiny scars. This 

 enlargement marks the position of the bud from which 

 growth proceeded during that season, and the scars mark 

 the point of attachment of bud scales. 



Since the growth of an apple limb from year to year 

 is generally straight, it follows that shoots proceed from 

 terminal buds. But terminal buds may also produce 

 blossoms, or the shoot may be broken or cut back in 

 pruning. In such cases the new growth develops from 

 one of the side or lateral buds. 



All will remember that leaves occur singly on new 

 growths. By a further examination of these leafless 

 shoots, we find that at the base of each bud is a scar that 

 marks the point where a leaf was attached. Buds and 

 leaves, then, always go together, and under normal 

 conditions a bud forms in the axil of each leaf. In some 

 plants, as the asparagus, this is the only way one can 

 decide which are the true leaves, as in this case they are 

 mere scales, while leaflike branches perform the function 

 of leaves. 



The question of what becomes of the lateral buds may 

 be decided best by examining two-year-old wood. We 

 notice here that short branches have taken the place of 

 some of the buds, others produce flower clusters, while 

 a few remain dormant. These lateral branches are of 

 varying lengths, some of them being so short as to be 

 mistaken for buds. 



More than one leaf came from the original bud in the 

 spring, and now there is formed at the end of each that 

 did not produce flowers, no matter how short, a terminal 

 bud for a continuation of the branch the next year. The 



