Table 2 Effects of 50% bud removal by dormant branch heading on leaf, root, and shoot development from bare-root Malus sargentii. Shoot data shown are mean values for lateral branches remaining on pruned trees.

	Treatment
	Check (thinned only)	Headed and thinned	LSD 5%^¹
Dry weights:
Leaf (g)	28.4	30.9	NS^²
New root (g)	5.96	6.26	NS
Leaf:new root ratio:	4.98	5.45	NS
Shoot development factors:
% Buds elongating	.550	.711*	.107
Proportion of shoots formed	.123	.392*	.088
Avg. shoot length	5.54	12.9*	4.32
Total shoot length (cm) per branch	11.3	34.4*	10.4

↵1 A significant difference (at the 5% level of probability) between means in a row is indicated by an asterisk. The least significant difference for each comparison is shown at right, if applicable.
↵2 NS means non-significant.