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ever to make either approach at all closely to the other ; ' Derby,' 
on this classification, makes practically nothing but " spurs," and 
' Bismarck,' up to the present, has hardly succeeded in making any 
" spurs " at all. It is to be expected, of course, that ' Bismarck,' 
as it gets older, will make a considerable number of " spurs " ; but 
unless its growth were much reduced, it would probably still make 
many " terminals " and " axillaries." 
The " tip-fruiting " of ' Worcester ' (fig. 37), ' Grenadier,' ' Beauty 
of Bath,' ' Gladstone,' and ' Norfolk Beauty ' is fairly well brought 
out in the table. The 192 1 results suggest that ' Newton Wonder ' 
should be included here also ; but the trees were almost all in their 
" off " year, and had very little blossom of any kind ; the 1920 pro- 
Table VIII. — Classes of Fruit Buds of Unpruned Trees, as 
Percentage of Total. 
1920. 
1921. 
No. of 
Trees. 
Termi- 
nal. 
Axil- 
lary. 
Spur. 
No. of 
Trees. 
Termi- 
nal. 
Axil- 
lary. 
Spur. 
Allington 
3 
8 
9 
83 
5 
16 
8' 
76 
Beauty of Bath 
3 
31 
6 
63 
5 
30 
IO 
60 
Bismarck 
4 
24 
8 
73 
3 
Cox's Orange . 
4 
11 
81 
Early Vict. (Crab) . 
5 
26 
1 
73 
Gladstone (Crab) 
4 
46 
10 
44 
Grenadier (Crab) 
3 
19 
7 
74 
5 
50 
4 
46 
James Grieve (Crab) 
4 
19 
29 
52 
Lane's P. Albert 
3 
7 
12 
81 
5 
1 5 
4 
81 
Lord Derby 
6 
1 
2 
97 
Newton Wonder 
3 
12 
14 
74 
5 
49 
6 
45 
Norfolk Beauty 
4 
39 
4 
57 
Rival 
4 
17 
19 
64 
Worcester P. (Crab) 
3 
28 
18 
54 
5 
35 
10 
,55 
portion is thus a much better indication of the variety's natural 
habit. 
Of the five varieties mentioned above, some at least require special 
care in pruning on account of this tip-fruiting habit. Most growers 
are already aware that the " dards " of ' Worcester Pearmain ' 
(properly " long dards " or brindilles couronnees (fig. 27)) should, on 
the young tree, be left uncut wherever they will not make the head 
of the tree too thick. Of the other varieties in our experiment which 
have a large percentage of terminal fruit buds, these terminals are 
mostly on much longer shoots than those of ' Worcester.' It follows 
that a larger proportion of them must usually be cut out in pruning. 
But in all such cases, except perhaps ' Grenadier,' they should be left, 
wherever possible, at least until the tree is making plenty of spurs. 
The terminal fruit buds of ' Grenadier ' are mostly at the end of 
long shoots, often those required for leaders ; usually they will form 
one or two large fruits, and the weight of these very quickly ruins the 
