October 1, 1885. ] 
JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
207 
Some time ago a statement of Apples bearing on “last year’s wood ’’ was 
questioned and a discussion ensued thereon. The best crop and finest 
well matured, and fruit buds do not form as a rule till the second year, 
lbat is perhaps the explanation ot the difference cf opinion that has been 
Fig. 47.—Apples ox Last Year’s Wood. 
See “ °, n - T°° J lhe P revioua y ear ’ 8 growth in I expressed on that subjeet. Some varieties, it may be further remarked, 
me soutn ot Lng.and. In cold, high northerly districts the wood is not bear more freely on the young wood than others do. The example figured 
