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Fruit-Growing in Arid Regions 



on the new growth at the end. (See Fig. 17.) With the 

 peach and the apricot the fruit-bud is quite readily dis- 

 tinguishable from 

 the branch-bud, 

 but with the 

 cherry the fruit- 

 bud can hardly 

 be identified from 

 external appear- 

 ances. After the 

 buds begin to 

 swell in the 

 spring, the fruit- 

 buds have a more 

 rounded or blunt 



appearance; 



compare the f ruit- 



buds near the 



base of the new 



growth in the 



figure with the 



b r a n c h-b u d s 



nearer the tip. 

 The plums 



vary somewhat 



in their manner 



of fruit-bearing, 



but all are alike in that the fruit- 

 buds are axillary. With some, the 

 development of fruit-buds on the stronger-growing new 

 wood is quite common, while with others it is rare. 



FIG. 17. Flower- 

 buds of Sour 

 Cherry. 



FIG. 18. Flower-buds 

 of Domestica Plum. 



