Maurice,
Thanks again for the info, I had not thought about a relationship between fan width and bud count. I can see that it makes sense that to a degree that the width of the fan could determine the ability to carry more buds on a scape. Then thinking about it I would have thought that the scape diameter would have been an indicator more so than fan width or crown size, but I am always happy to learn new things like this.
I think it would be great if you wrote a book full of info like this!