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but one flower, as in the peach, nectarine, almond, and apricot, or 
two or more flowers, in clusters, as in apples, pears, plums, and 
cherries. 
All buds are leaf buds when first formed; 
some at a later stage develop, either by being 
allowed to mature naturally or by artificial 
means, into fruit buds. Many trees develop 
their fruit buds towards their terminal shoots, 
unless these are eut off, when those left at 
the base of the branch, or along it, being thus 
excited into growth, are transformed into 
lateral fruit buds. 
When cutting to a bud a slight slant is 
generally given to the cut, at a place close to 
the bud, although in so doing it is advisable 
not to approach the bud too closely, nor on 
the other hand leave above it a useless stump, 
which might eagender decay; a piece of wood 
akout an eighth of an inch above the bud is 
sufficient to leave. In the case of the grape 
vine the practice is often to eut through the 
joint, above the last bud it is intended to 
leave on the spur, as shown at C* A longi- 
tudinal section of the young wood of a vine 
shows in each joint a tubular cavity filled 
with pith; at each joint or node that tube is 
closed, as in the case of the bamboo, and if 
Section of Vine Cutting the section is made at C* that pith dries up 
showing Diaphragm and the bud below is at times endangered. 
and Si: The section should be made either at C or at 
.C? as shown on the figure, and never at C*. The buds B are those 
left on the spur. D is‘an axillary bud which often fails to shoot. 
E is a piece of the previous season’s wood. 
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Cutting to a bud: (1) too long; 
(2) too close; (3) right way. 
