332 Fruit-growing in Arid Regions 



figure as springing from the axil of a leaf below the fruit 

 does often assume the proportions of a watersprout. Such 

 bloom will set and mature fruit, and is well worth con- 

 sidering in connection with other late bloom. 



A third type of late bloom terminates rather long growth 

 of the previous season. On first starting, these buds 



FIG. 93. From Second-crop Bloom arising from Large Limbs or 

 Tree Trunks. 



would be taken for terminal leaf-buds. With the destruc- 

 tion of the earlier bloom they develop the normal number 

 of flowers carried by a fruit-spur. This type of spur is 

 not very common, nor is it easily distinguished from the 

 normal fruit-spur, but its development seems to depend 

 on the loss of the early bloom, and it should, no doubt, 

 be classed as abnormal. In spite of the fact that some 

 horticultural writings give the impression that apples do 

 not bear from axillary fruit-buds, such is a common occur- 



