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Branching pattern along an apple long annual shoot. The segmentation of the parent shoot in branching zones with a distinct dominant axillary shoot type is indicated. 0 latent bud, 1 short proleptic shoot, 2 long proleptic shoot, 3 floral shoot, 4 sylleptic shoot (From Guédon et al., 2001).
