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extend through several weeks, taking place at a constantly acceler- 
ated rate as the season advances. It will be observed (figs. 1, 2) that 
the moisture content curve for Assiniboine shows some tendency 
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Fic. 2.—-Moisture content fluctuations of fruit buds as related to temperature. 
to become more irregular after January 25, and it may be that 
these fluctuations are due, in some measure at least, to internal 
changes incident to or causative of this break in dormancy. It 
is also significant to note here that the greatest injury to buds occurs 
