. Botany for agricultural students. Plants. 210 BUDS The formation of flower buds is known to be closely related to the food supply.^ Flower buds arc formed in greatest abundance when there is more reserve food than is needed for growth. When a plant is growing rapidly tuid using all the food as fast as the. Fig. 190. — Fruit buds of the Apricot, in which case a fruit bud contains a single flower and no leaves. After Bailey. leaves make it, few flower buds are formed. Further- more, if a tree has exhausted its food supply in producing a heavy crop of fruit, not many flower buds are formed, and
. Botany for agricultural students. Plants. 210 BUDS The formation of flower buds is known to be closely related to the food supply.^ Flower buds arc formed in greatest abundance when there is more reserve food than is needed for growth. When a plant is growing rapidly tuid using all the food as fast as the. Fig. 190. — Fruit buds of the Apricot, in which case a fruit bud contains a single flower and no leaves. After Bailey. leaves make it, few flower buds are formed. Further- more, if a tree has exhausted its food supply in producing a heavy crop of fruit, not many flower buds are formed, and as a result the tree will bear very little fruit the following year. Any con- dition that leads to an ac- cumulation of reserve food, such as checking growth by the removal of terminal buds or by cutting down the water supply from the roots, favors the formation of flower Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Martin, John N. (John Nathan), b. 1875. New York, John Wiley ; London, Chapman & Hall
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