The Gloomy Scale 
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bud characters of the common hard and soft maples are shown in Fig. 
14. By comparing the end buds of maple trees before they are set with 
these figures, any one can determine whether a maple is a hard maple 
or a soft maple, and all soft maples can be discarded. 
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Fig. 14. Terminal buds of hard and soft maples. 
A, Red maple ; B, Silver maple; C, Norway maple ; D, Sugar maple. 
Fig. 15. A method of spraying small trees with a small sprayer 
