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 187
t, and thins the plants and stirs theground three or four inches deep twice or thrice during theirgrowth. The Rotting of the Jargonelle, Longueville, Windsor, GreenYair, and such like Pears, Sir George Mackenzie finds is re-tarded by gathering them before they are ripe. A very full Crop of Pears… … had become tough, and after the sap had retreated. Mr. Fisherfound this practice succeed with branches on which ringinghad been tried without success, and states that the pendentbranches continue perfectly healthy, which gives the plansome apparent advantage over ringing. Of course, breakingand…
