. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 108. Spur and fruit bud of apple. One apple sets in a cluster. upon the thoroughness of the work, the pests to be com- batted, and the season ; but it is a good rule to expect to spray with the combined Bordeaux and Paris green mixture when the buds burst, and again when the petals have fallen. In the Plains co
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. 108. Spur and fruit bud of apple. One apple sets in a cluster. upon the thoroughness of the work, the pests to be com- batted, and the season ; but it is a good rule to expect to spray with the combined Bordeaux and Paris green mixture when the buds burst, and again when the petals have fallen. In the Plains country, less spraying may be necessary for the fungous diseases. The apple commonly bears on spurs. The fruit-bud is distinguished by its greater size (usually somewhat thicker than its branch), its greater width in proportion to its length, and more conspicuous pubescence. It is also distinguished by its position. A fruit-bud is shown in Fig. 108. A fruit-scar is shown near the base of the branch. If this fruit was borne in 1898, the side branch grew in 1899, from a bud which came Into existence in 1898. If we go back to the spring of 1898, the matter can be made plain. A cluster of flowers appeared. One flower set a fruit (Fig. 109). This apple is at the end of the branchlet or spur. The spur cannot increase in length in the same axis. Therefore, a bud appears on the side (Fig. 110). The fruit absorbs the energies of the spur. There is little noui-ishment left for the bud. The bud awaits its opportunity ; the following year it grows into a branchlet and makes a fruit-bud at its end (Pig. 108); and thereby there arises an alternation in fruit-bearing. The apple is budded or root-grafted upon common apple seedlings. These seedlings are usually grown from ^rtfV^%^. 110. Showing the side bud which is to continue the spur the following year. as obtained from cider mills. In the East, budded trees are preferred. In the West, root-grafted trees are preferred, largely because own-root
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