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THE VEGETATIVE SHOOT 



Upon the three-year-old piece of the shoot marked 1896 are 

 two spurs, c and e, two years' old. In 1897 they resembled b, 



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Fig. t8. — Fruit-bud of pear (same as C of previous Fig.), showing various stages of its 

 growth. ./4, opening in spring; 5, later with flowers and leaves expanded; C, later still, 

 only one flower has *set' or developed into a fruit, the rest having fallen off at b\ a, a 

 lateral bud which will continue the growth of the spur in the following year. 



and in the spring of 1898 opened into a stem bearing flowers, 

 such as B^ Fig. 18. Fruit was produced during the summer, and 



