BRANCHES. 



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young parts are designated from the time they emerge 

 from the bnd mitil they have completed • their first 

 season's growth. These have also important peculiarities 

 that serve to distinguish certain varieties. They are vari- 

 ously designated as stout or slender^ stiff or fiexihle^ erect 

 or s^preading^ short jointed if the buds be close together, 

 and long jointed when the contrary. The colors of their 

 bark are also strikingly different, and form very obvious 

 distinctions amongst varieties. The Snow PeacTi^ for in- 

 stance, has pale greenish shoots, by which it is at once 

 distinguished. The Ja/rgonelle^Bostiezer^ and many other 

 varieties of the pear, have darh ^pv/rplisTi shoots, while 

 Wo Dix and St. Germain are quite yellowish^ the Glout 



Fio. 6. Fig. 7. Fio. 8. 



Pig. 8, wood branch of the apple. 7, fruit branch ; »a, B, C, young spars ojt two 

 fear-old wood. 8, fruit branch of the pear ; B, C, young spurs on two-ye«r-ol 

 wood. 



