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BRANCHES. 



Fig. 17 is a brancli of the plum ; A, the two-year-old 

 wood; J?, one year old; and 2>, spurs. Fig. 18 is a 



Fig. 14. 



Fig. 14, a slender fruit branch of 

 the peach ; all the buds except Jl 

 and B, and the terminal one, are 

 fruit buds. 



fruit spur from older wood. 

 The wood bud in the cen- 

 tre of these groups of 

 buds on the spm* enables 

 them to increase in length 

 every season. 'NeYr buds 

 are produced to replace 

 those that bear, and so 

 the spurs continue fruit- 

 ful for several years, ac- 

 cording to the vigor of 

 the tree, and the manner in which it is 



Fig. 16. Fig. 15. 



Fig-. 15, branch of the cherry ; .5, two- 

 year-old wood ; B, one year ; C and 2?, 

 fruit spurs. Fig. 16, fruit spur of the cherry ; 

 the bud A, in the centre of the recoup, is a 

 wood bud. 



seated. 



