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size that they were a year ago. They are dormant. The only way 

 for a mature bud to grow is by making leaves for itself, for a leaf 



Fig. 155. — An 

 Apple Twig. 



Fig. 156. — Same twig before leaves fell. 



will never stand below it again. The twig, therefore, has buds of 

 two ages, — those at bbbb are two seasons old, and those on the 



