TBE OPMNING OF TBJS BUDS, CONTINUED 



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apart by the bursting growth. But in this plant 

 only one flower comes from a bud, and th^re are 

 no leaves. This is like the peach (Figs. 28, 31). 

 These buds, then, are fruit-buds only. That is, 

 there are at least two kinds of fruit-buds, the true 



Fig. 46. 



Struggle for existence among the apple 

 flowers. 



Pig. 47 



Fruiting branch of 

 apricot. 



or simple fruit-buds (like those of the apricot and 

 peach), and the mixed fruit-buds (as in the apple, 

 pear and cherry) 



50. If we were to examine a fruit- bud of the 

 apricot (or peach) just as it begins to swell in 

 spring, we could easily see the flower within. If 

 the bud were cut lengthwise with a sharp knife 



