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ing from the terminal bud, a lateral bud (a) is 

 forming to continue the spur the next year. 



Fig. 25. 

 iipurs of a crab apple. 



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 Old spur of pear. 



This is, therefore, a leaf-bud, for it must be 

 the means of continuing the growth of the spur, 

 and it is not likely to get nourishment enough, — 



