Killing of Pruit-buds. az 
bud is not opened, it may vecuire a longitudinal 
cut of the knife to determine the exact condition, 
but last winter an ordinary pinch of the swollen bud 
Fig. 53. Showing, respectively, swollen buds of apricot, peach, Japan plum, 
and pear, all of which were uninjured by 14° of frost. 
was enough to demonstrate that all was blasted and 
worthless within.” 
Injuries to the swelling buds.—A. great amount of 
nischief is done by “cold snaps” after the buds haye 
begun to swell, and yet the disaster is not so easily 
wrought,—at least not in the north,—as is commonly 
supposed. Even the buds of the tenderer fruits may 
endure very sharp freezes after they have begun to 
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