. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 60-. Ope?i- an apri- cot hud. The bnd may be peach or apricot. Soon tlie bud begins to swell at its top. The scales open. A white lining appears. This lining soon protrudes (Fig. 60). Soon the lining opens. We see that it is a flower. Or, perhaps the peach bud sends out a green shoot rather than a flower. There must be two kinds of peach and apricot buds,— a flower-bud and a leaf-bud. Can you tell them apart ? The flower-bud is thicker and rounder. Usual
. Annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station. Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). 60-. Ope?i- an apri- cot hud. The bnd may be peach or apricot. Soon tlie bud begins to swell at its top. The scales open. A white lining appears. This lining soon protrudes (Fig. 60). Soon the lining opens. We see that it is a flower. Or, perhaps the peach bud sends out a green shoot rather than a flower. There must be two kinds of peach and apricot buds,— a flower-bud and a leaf-bud. Can you tell them apart ? The flower-bud is thicker and rounder. Usually one stands on either side of a leaf-bud. But the leaf-bud may stand alone. Find one : any peach tree or apricot tree will have leaf-buds, but all may not ing of have flower-buds. As the bud expands and the flower or leaf appears, notice that the bud-scales fall away. Do not these scales leave scars ? And do not these scars, standing together, make the " ring " which marks the beginning of the new growth ? ^ ^ ^ Observe a pear bud. Notice that the scales elongate as the bud swells. You can see the white bases of the scales, marking the new growth (Fig. 61). If it is a leaf-bud, the scales may become three-fourths of an inch long before they fall. But sooner or later, they are cast, and their places are marked by scars. If it is a flower-bud, notice that sev- eral flowers come out of it. In the apricot and peach, there is only one flower in each bud. Each of these little pear flowers is closed. 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 Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station. Ithaca, N. Y. : The University
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