2 BULLETIN 3 2, PORTO RICO EXPERIMENT STATION 
(Fig. 1.) Thereafter a pair of laterals will develop in like manner 
at the base of most new internodes of the upright stem as this con- 
tinues growth, but occasionally one or more internodes may be skipped 
or a single lateral may develop instead of a pair. If a primary 
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Fig. 1. — A, simultaneous development of the primary lateral branches and the 
upright stem ; B, position of new uprights, developed from buds immediately 
below the primary laterals 
lateral be removed the loss is permanent, as the upright stem can 
replace no lost lateral. However, in the axils of the leaves and just 
below each lateral branch on the upright stem are buds from which 
there may develop new upright branches similar in structure and 
habit of growth to the original stem. In this way only can addi- 
