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WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
January, 1917 
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QUESTIONS GLADLY ANSWERED 
WILLIAM TOOLE & SON 
(Garry-nee-Dule) BARABOO, WIS. 
Three Red Cabbage — First, N. 
A. Rasmussen. 
Six Ears Pop Corn — First, N. 
A. Rasmussen; second, E. L. 
Roloff. 
Six Red Onions — First, N. A. 
Rasmussen; second, John F. 
Hauser. 
Six Yellow Danvers Onions — 
First, N. A. Rasmussen. 
Six White Onions — First, N. 
A. Rasmussen; second, Christen- 
sen & Davis; third, John F. 
Hauser. 
Six Gibraltar Onions — First, 
Walter Franey, Madison; sec- 
ond, N. A. Rasmussen. 
Six Winter Radishes — First, 
John F. Hauser; second, Christ- 
ensen & Davis; third, N. A. 
Rasmussen. 
Six Parsnips — First, E. L. 
Roloff; second, N. A. Rasmus- 
sen; third, John Hagberg. 
Six Peppers — First, N. A. Ras- 
mussen; second, E. L. Roloff. 
THE FRUIT BUD. 
By R. H. Roberts, at Summer 
Meeting, Lake Geneva, 
Aug. 22, 1916. 
It is important to know the 
fruiting habit of a tree when de- 
ciding upon the pruning that it 
should receive. The number, 
location and position of the fruit 
buds have an important bearing 
upon the amount of cutting 
as well as the place to make the 
cuts. 
Fruit buds belong to three 
general classes, (1) those whicn 
are produced as side or lateral 
buds along the new terminal 
limb growths of the tree, (2) as 
lateral buds on the shorter side 
limbs or spurs and (3) as ter- 
minal buds on limbs and spurs. 
They are normally formed in 
July when there is an abundance 
of elaborated food present. With 
apples, should there be an over- 
load of fruit which has used up 
the surplus food in developing 
blossoms and small fruit, unless 
accompanied by early season 
conditions which tend to de- 
velop starches, no blossom bud 
formation takes place, with the 
result that an “off” year follows 
the heavy crop. 
In external appearance the 
fruit bud is thicker or plumper 
and in plums it is lighter colored 
than the vegetative or wood bud. 
When sectioned vertically in late 
fall or spring, the fruit bud may 
be readily distinguished by the 
rounded or nobby appearance 
of the core or growing point. 
The vegetative bud has narrow 
sharp points, or the undeveloped 
leaves. 
American plum buds belong 
to classes one and two, as this 
tree bears its blossom buds later- 
ally on spurs and with some vari- 
eties of plums a large proportion 
of its fruits are borne on the one- 
year-old wood, there being one 
or two blossom buds formed be- 
side the smaller vegetative bud 
which is produced in the axis of 
each leaf stem. Because of the 
nearness of the young fruit the 
new lateral growths are greatly 
limited by this close competition, 
resulting in trees of few main 
branches, giving a “feathered 
out” appearance. This is especi- 
ally common among Japanese 
plums, as this species has many 
blossom buds instead of one or 
two which are clustered about 
each vegetative bud. 
Plums which have few or no 
lateral blossom buds on the 
limbs produce more branches 
because of the stronger lateral 
growths on the second year 
wood and consequently become 
