The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 18
situated near tothe origin of the spur (as Jig. 4. spur a, a a a), they areretained in preferenceto similar fruitful budsthat are nigher the endof the spur (as b b); thespur is then cut off (asat cc). When thereare no fruitful budsnear to the origin ofthe spur, those are leftthat are further… … as trained against a Wall. 7 whether it be a growing or a fruitful one (as spur b, in which ais a fruitful bud, and b a growing one). If there be a suitable supply of buds upon the old part ofthe spur (as c, c c c), they are retained in preference to thosebuds formed at the bases of shoots which…