. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. [from old catalog]. BUDS. 41 smallness of size and early fruitfulness are so highly desir- able. This will come under consideration in another ^\ace. Fruit-buds in most cases are distinguishable from wood- buds by their rounder and fuller form; the scales that cover them are broader and less numerous, and in the spring they begin to swell and show signs of opening at an earlier pei'iod. Like the wood-buds they are single, double, or triple, according to the number found together. They are single in pears, apples, and other trees of that class. Single, dou


. Barry's Fruit garden. Fruit-culture. [from old catalog]. BUDS. 41 smallness of size and early fruitfulness are so highly desir- able. This will come under consideration in another ^\ace. Fruit-buds in most cases are distinguishable from wood- buds by their rounder and fuller form; the scales that cover them are broader and less numerous, and in the spring they begin to swell and show signs of opening at an earlier pei'iod. Like the wood-buds they are single, double, or triple, according to the number found together. They are single in pears, apples, and other trees of that class. Single, double, and trijyle, variously, on the stone fruits, gooseberries, nnd currants. Fruit-buds are also simiyle and compound. Simple, as in the peach, apricot, and cdmond, each bud of which produces but one flower. Compound, as in \k\Qplum,, cherry, apple, pear, etc., each bud of which pro- duces two or more flowers. Those of the plum produce two or three, hence we find plums usually borne in pairs; those of the cher- ry four or five (fig. 21), and of the apple and pear six to eight; and hence we often find these fruits borne in clusters. They are also lateral or termincd, as they occupy the sides or ends of the branches or spurs on which they are produced. The ordinary position of the fruit-buds of different classes cf trees will be understood from the preceding descrip- tions of Fig. 21.—FLOWER OF THE CHERRY, SHOWING THE PRODUCT OF A COMPOUND BUD,. 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 Barry, Patrick, 1816-1890. [from old catalog]. New York, Orange Judd company


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