BUDS 



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FIG. 52 RED CURRANT BLOOM 



CLUSTER 



Buds borne on last season's 

 wood; leaves and bloom together. 

 Young wood like this bears more 

 profusely and larger fruit than 

 does older wood. 



FIG. 53 

 GOOSEBERRY 

 Notice that the 

 flowers are produced 

 from over-wintering 

 buds on wood of the 

 previous season. 



occurring in the essential organs. 

 Some buds showed division in the pollen mother-cells 

 after mid-December; others had mature pollen grains in 

 mid-January, a process complete at the end of that month 

 when the buds were ready to unfold, which they did 

 during February and early March. 



4. Plum fruit buds showed wider variation of develop- 

 ment than those of apples. Among Japanese varieties 

 they began to appear the second week in July ; among 

 Americans, the first week ; among hortulanas the first 



