Harold:

I was too quick in hitting the "Send" button. I should have taken the time to discover Zielinski included also, classification of buds, on page 79. It evidently does not recognize
        shoot initials in apple and pear as components of their buds:

                Classification of Buds
                1.  Wood or leaf buds, which develop into leafy shoots.
                2.  Fruit buds, which are of 2 kinds:
a. Simple buds, which develop into one flower (peach, apricot, almond) or several flowers (cherry, plum). b. Mixed buds, which develop into a cluster of leaves and flowers together (apple, pear).

        David Kollas
                        
On Jan 17, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Harold J. Larsen wrote:

The discussion about TRV has been most interesting, but I have another question about bud terminology.

Within the Rose family, we have crops that have differing types of flower-containing buds: - a single flower, no shoots -- Apricot, peach, and nectarine (plus some individual buds on plum) - multiple flowers, no shoots -- sweet & tart cherry (+ other cherries), plums (most buds)
  - multiple flowers + shoot initial -- apples & pears

The first category, I believe, is termed a "simple bud".
The third category, I believe, is a type of compound bud termed a "mixed bud"

But what is the plant anatomical / horticultural term for the second category? I had viewed it as a compound bud because of the multiple flower initials, but the typical example used for a compound bud is grape (Vitaceae) which has a primary, secondary, and tertiary bud all enclosed within the bud scales at each node. I have NOT been able to find any source of reference with a term for the cherry and plum type of complex bud.

Any ideas / references out there??? I have been putting together an Extension document on evaluating cold injury damage to fruit buds and the evaluation process differs between the bud types. So use of some terms would be helpful in shortening it. The intent is to have it both in printed form and as a PDF document on the web. So I'd really like to have the terminology to be correct!

Thanks much!

Harold L.

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