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 48
the most difficult it requires two or three. Afruit may be straightened at any period of its growth, but itrequires to be left one night after the operation, to preventits return to crookedness. In the performance of this operation, the bloom will havebeen injured, but this may be restored by the… … dry magnesia. The box may be of any size, according to thequantity of fruit which it is proposed to subject to the bloomingprocess at one time. That sold by Mr. Eddy is about 20inches long, 18 inches deep, and 13 inches wide. The sidesand bottom are fixed, but the top, which fits on tightly bymeans…
