. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. TQlS BETTER FRUIT Page 23 ducert as axillaries along the sides of the shoots. In certain of the Japanese plums, these assume much importance, producing a large proportion of the total blossom crop. In these varieties, they are distributed along the branch in a way similar to peach buds. In peaches, the entire fruit-bud crop is produced on the one-year wood. The buds are borne in the axils of the leaves, normally in groups of three. In that case, the middle one is a leaf bud, while the two outside buds form flower parts. If the shoots are making a very vigorous gr
. Better fruit. Fruit-culture. TQlS BETTER FRUIT Page 23 ducert as axillaries along the sides of the shoots. In certain of the Japanese plums, these assume much importance, producing a large proportion of the total blossom crop. In these varieties, they are distributed along the branch in a way similar to peach buds. In peaches, the entire fruit-bud crop is produced on the one-year wood. The buds are borne in the axils of the leaves, normally in groups of three. In that case, the middle one is a leaf bud, while the two outside buds form flower parts. If the shoots are making a very vigorous growth, and especially if the tree is rather dense and shaded, the fruit buds are mostly out toward the terminals of the growth. On the other hand, if the shoots are making only a medium amount of growth, and the tree is well opened up to the light, the fruit buds will be well distributed along the entire length. After this brief summary of where fruit buds are formed, it is well to con- sider briefly just what the exact differ- ences in buds in various positions are, if any such differences exist. Is there any fundamental difference between a spur and a shoot, and between buds produced in the two positions'? Care- ful microscopic study has failed to re- veal any such difference. Leaf buds on spurs and leaf buds on shoots are ap- parently exactly the same, except in degree of development. The only differ- ence between spurs and shoots seems to be in amount of growth made. The amount of growth depends upon nutri- tion, rather than upon any inherent difference, either in the shoot or in the buds. In those cases in which fruit buds are formed on both spurs and long shoots, there is apparently no dif- ference in manner of formation and development of flower parts. The question then arises, why do some of these buds form flower parts while others do not? If there is no fundamental difference between buds in different parts of the tree, why do apples and pears tend to bear mainly on sp
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