BRANCHES, y 



young parts are designated from the time they emerge 

 from the bud until they have completed their first 

 season's growth. These have also important peculiarities 

 that serve to distinguish certain varieties. They are vari- 

 ously designated as stout or slender, stiff or flexible, erect 

 or spreading, short jointed if the buds be close together, 

 and long jointed when the contrary. The colors of their 

 bark are also strikingly different, and form very obvious 

 distinctions amongst varieties. The Snow Peach, for in- 

 stance, has pale greenish shoots, by which it is at once 

 distinguished. The JargonelU, Rostiezer, and many other 

 var eties of the pear, have dark purplish shoots, \vhile 

 fW Dix, and St. Germain are quite yellowish, the Glout 





Fio.6. FIG. 7. FIG. 8. 



Fig 6, wood branch of the apple. 7, fruit branch ; Jl, B, C, young sr~trt OK two 

 fear-old wood. 6, fruit t ranch of the pear ; w3, B, C, young spurs on two-y'ear-ol 

 wood. 



