Sacramento Daily Record Union

FRUIT Development -The cause of the increased fertility in the limbs of fruit trees where the limbs are bent to an acute angle, has recently been investigated by Prof. Soraner. He finds that the bark on the lower surface of the twig, below the bend, is thrown into transverse folds, here and there detached from the wood. New woody tissue is formed in the cavities produced by such folds, which is filled with starch grains, and after this there is a formation of a new woody tissue of a normal character, but always thicker there than elsewhere, and especially on the upper curve of surface. This mass of woody tissue checks the flow of water toward the tip of the branch, to the great advantage of the bud directly beneath, which is thus more likely to develop as a fruit bud.