. Nature study and life. Nature study. , Run- ners, Cuttings, Grafts, and Buds.— I have ' just stopped writing to go down into the garden to count the buds on this year's shoot of my little Esopus tree. There are 57, and this whole shoot was a single bud last spring. On a similar shoot of Burbank plum there were 173, on a Royal George peach, 240, on a ', 2, 3, 4, 5, yearly growth -,.-,. a i i rings; i, terminal buds; Niagara grape, QI. A bud, CXCCpt a fruit bud, is in possibility a tree of its kind. The buds on a tree produce shoots or trees that vary little if at all from one another ; so, in
. Nature study and life. Nature study. , Run- ners, Cuttings, Grafts, and Buds.— I have ' just stopped writing to go down into the garden to count the buds on this year's shoot of my little Esopus tree. There are 57, and this whole shoot was a single bud last spring. On a similar shoot of Burbank plum there were 173, on a Royal George peach, 240, on a ', 2, 3, 4, 5, yearly growth -,.-,. a i i rings; i, terminal buds; Niagara grape, QI. A bud, CXCCpt a fruit bud, is in possibility a tree of its kind. The buds on a tree produce shoots or trees that vary little if at all from one another ; so, in order to multiply a desirable variety, we have only to place its buds where they may grow. Fig. 6r. Cherry Twigs A growth shoot and fruit spurs. /, /, lateral or leaf buds. A pointed leaf bud may be seen in the center of each cluster of fruit buds. 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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