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bud arising at rfl, the bud-scale scars being visible at this point. 

 The three buds upon it similar to a are wood-buds : they may 

 in 1899 develop into (i) long shoots, or (2) short ones, or (3) 

 remain undeveloped. The part of the shoot between the bud 

 scale-scars n^ and «^ is the previous year's growth, namely, that- 

 of the summer of 1897. The buds upon it in the winter of 1897 

 were similar to those marked a : during the summer of 1898, 

 when the terminal bud at «' was growing into a long leafy shoot, 

 they developed short leafy shoots, similar to B and C, Fig. 1 7, each 

 of which went to winter rest with a terminal fruit-bud upon it. 



Fig. 17. — A , Piece of last season's shoot of pear tree with wood or leaf-bud as seen in 

 autumn. B, The same in the following midsummer ;' the bud has now given rise to a short 

 shoot or * spur* bearing leaves and terminated by a fruit-bud. C, The same as B after 

 leaves have fallen in autumn, shewing ' spur ' terminated by the plump fruit-bud. 



Parts similar to b, therefore, are not merely stalked buds, but 

 short branches bearing terminal fruit buds ; they are one-year-old 

 fruit-spurs, the terminal buds of which in 1899 will open into a 

 short stem bearing flowers similar to B, Fig. 18. At </ is a bud 

 still in the undeveloped condition in which it was first produced, 

 and is therefore similar to a, except that it is two years old : it is 

 a dormant bud. 



