WHAT BUDS CONTAIN 207 
reoccupy the ground from which the trees and shrubs have been 
removed. However, in case of some valuable trees like the 
Chestnut, the sprouting habit is utilized in the production of 
a new crop of trees. (Fig. 188.) In some forage plants, as 
Alfalfa illustrates, a number of 
crops of hay can be obtained 
each year because of the contin- ). 
uous development of adventi- 
tious buds on the crown or basal \ 
portion of the stem. (Fig. 189.) 
What Buds Contain. — Some 
buds contain only flowers, some } f 
only leaves, while some contain 
both flowers and leaves. Buds fi 
are called flower buds, leaf buds, 7 
or mixed buds according to what 
they contain. In such fruit trees 
as the Apricot and Peach, the 
buds contain only flowers or 
only leaves, while in the Apple 
and Pear the buds contain both 
flowers and leaves, or leaves 
only. (Figs. 190 and 191.) 
Flower buds, or fruit buds as 
they are often called, are usually 
broader and more rounded than 
leaf buds and can often be iden- 
tified by their position on the 
branch. For example, in the 
Peach and often in the Apricot 
the fruit buds are lateral buds 
on the current season’s growth, Fic. 187. — Basket Willow from 
while in the Apple and Pear they which many crops of branches are 
are usually the terminal buds obtained through the development 
of the stunted lateral branches of adventitious Buck: 
called fruit spurs which are located on those portions of the 
larger branches two or more years of age. In Cherries and Plums 
the fruit buds occur in clusters on the sides of the spurs. In 
grapes the flowers occur on the sides of the current spring shoots. 
The shape and place of appearance of fruit buds varies much in 
