Apple Flower Bud Vs Leaf Bud. Buds in apples and pears can develop on the ends of terminal shoots longer than 4 inches or on shorter shoots less than 4 inches which are called spurs. A leaf bud well say vegetative bud is composed of a short stem with embryonic leaves with bud primordia in the axils and at the apex.
25022021 The apple shoot below also shows the difference. Unopened flower bud of an apple tree in early spring close-up. Buds carrying leaves but no flowers are easily distinguished from fruit buds by being slender pointed buds borne in a leaf axil.
21032012 Usually flowers buds are larger and more rounded than vegetative buds.
13022021 A terminal bud is located on the tips of a shoot and is also called the apical bud. In apples the fruit buds are really small shoots with both flowers and leaves. Such as Rome Beauty Granny Smith and Cortland. Wood or growth buds.