. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. is it is seenthat the method of fruit - bearing of the peach isvery different from that of the apple, pear andplum. 32. It must now be determined why the fruit- FRUIIBEABING, CONCLUDED 35 scars are single in the twig in Fig. 28,while the fruit-buds are in pairs (witha leaf-bud between them) in the firstplace (Figs. 30, 29). Fig. 31 showsa half-grown peach which has arisenfrom one of the buds. A flower wasproduced from eachbud, but in the strug-gle for existence oneof them (and alsothe leaf-bu
. Lessons with plants. Suggestions for seeing and interpreting some of the common forms of vegetation. is it is seenthat the method of fruit - bearing of the peach isvery different from that of the apple, pear andplum. 32. It must now be determined why the fruit- FRUIIBEABING, CONCLUDED 35 scars are single in the twig in Fig. 28,while the fruit-buds are in pairs (witha leaf-bud between them) in the firstplace (Figs. 30, 29). Fig. 31 showsa half-grown peach which has arisenfrom one of the buds. A flower wasproduced from eachbud, but in the strug-gle for existence oneof them (and alsothe leaf-bud) per-ished. The twig inFig. 28 has no budsupon the bodies whichbore the peaches;therefore, these bod-ies are not leaf-bear-ing branches (orspurs), and they do not bear have seen (Figs. 30, 29) thatthese fruit-buds are formed upon theaxial growth of the current year, andbear the next year. It is, plain there-fore, that the peach-grower should alwaysaim to so manage his trees as to havea liberal supply of new growths. 33. A gooseberry shoot is shown inFig. 32. It is plain that the portion. Fig. grown peach. ElG. 32. Gooseberry fahnot. 36 LESSONS WITJET PLANTS from a to 6 grew the last season, and the por-tion below a two seasons ago. The upper portionhas simple buds, while the lower portion haswhat appear to be elongated buds, but which arereally fruit-spurs (for we have found that whenbuds elongate they become branches). Each ofthese spurs, then, bore a cluster of leaves last
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