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Fig. 155.—An Apple Twig.

Fig. 156.—Same twig before leaves fell.


size that they were a year ago. They are dormant. The only way for a mature bud to grow is by making leaves for itself, for a leaf will never stand below it again. The twig, therefore, has buds of two ages,—those at bbbb are two seasons old, and those on the