. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. and grew to the next FRUIT-SPURS OF PEAR 41 series of rings fc cj. A weaker bud also de-veloped, which iu 1884 pushed toward c. Thesix years growths cau be traced on this sideshoot, and it once made aflower-bud, and a fruit setat c; but the small size ofthe scar shows that the fruitnever attained maturity. Itprobably fell in verj^ earlysummer. It is apparent thatthere is an alternation in thefruit-bearing of the pear, asin that of the apple; fromthis we may infer that thereis something like
. The pruning-book; a monograph of the pruning and training of plants as applied to American conditions. and grew to the next FRUIT-SPURS OF PEAR 41 series of rings fc cj. A weaker bud also de-veloped, which iu 1884 pushed toward c. Thesix years growths cau be traced on this sideshoot, and it once made aflower-bud, and a fruit setat c; but the small size ofthe scar shows that the fruitnever attained maturity. Itprobably fell in verj^ earlysummer. It is apparent thatthere is an alternation in thefruit-bearing of the pear, asin that of the apple; fromthis we may infer that thereis something like an alter-nation of effort, or divisionof labor, in the successivegrowths of many plants. The further history of thisinteresting pear spur () may be summarized as fol-lows: 1881, the barren shootgrew to € <?, and made a fruit-bud; 1885, pear borne andcarried to maturity at e, twoside buds developing, and also two weaker spurs at d and d d,—giving fourchances of continuing the growth of the mainspur; 1886, the spurs d and d d remained smalland slender, but one of the upper branches grew. Old spur ofpear. 42 THE FRUIT-BUD on to g and there made a fruit-bud, while itstwin bud (upon the left) did not elongate; 1887,fruit borne at g, but it did not mature (as shownby the small size of the scar), and the spur con-tinued to li, and there made another fruit-bud;the twin bud now pushed on to / and made afruit-bud, and the spurs d and d d are alive, butevidently doomed soon to perish; 1888, fruitswere borne at / and Ji (the bearing year having
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