. Nature study and life. Nature study. l62 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE from a growth shoot; for if they set a fruit bud or graft a fruit spur instead of a tree they will at best get but a single fruit. Any time after the leaves fall this study of buds may be begun, but it should preferably be put off until late winter, — February or March. If branches bearing both kinds of buds — of apple, cherry, pear, peach, and plum. Fig. 62. Cherry Twigs Tht story as tuld by tlie buds themselves — be then set in a vase in a window in the schoolroom, they will soon begin to swell. Fruit buds are plump and short,
. Nature study and life. Nature study. l62 NATURE STUDY AND LIFE from a growth shoot; for if they set a fruit bud or graft a fruit spur instead of a tree they will at best get but a single fruit. Any time after the leaves fall this study of buds may be begun, but it should preferably be put off until late winter, — February or March. If branches bearing both kinds of buds — of apple, cherry, pear, peach, and plum. Fig. 62. Cherry Twigs Tht story as tuld by tlie buds themselves — be then set in a vase in a window in the schoolroom, they will soon begin to swell. Fruit buds are plump and short, while leaf buds are slender and pointed. For the lower grades select a twig of the five kinds named above and have the children guess which buds will produce leaves and which blossoms. Tie a red string at the flower and a white string at the leaf buds, and two or three weeks will tell who is 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 Hodge, Clifton Fremont, 1859-. Boston and London, Ginn & Co.
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