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to the positions of their blossom buds. None of them 

 bear on "this season's" growth so they naturally belong 

 to the first group in the classifieation (56). The great 

 majority of the fruit buds are borne on short spurs similar 



FIG. 41— BLOSSOM BUDS OF SOUR CHERRY ARE BORNE ALMOST TO THE 



TERMINALS, BUT ARE MOST NUMEROUS NEAR THE BASES 



OF THE ONE SEASON'S GROWTH 



to those of the cherry, though in the varieties of some 

 species and hybrids many arc developed in the axils of 

 leaves on the one-year wood. These bloom "next sea- 



