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 84
, and a few small wood buds (for studs or spurs)at the base of each of them, which must be carefully pre-served; but the terminal bud must be stopped as soon as ithas grown an inch or two, by which means it will throwstrength into the blossom and the small buds below, andcause some of them to grow,… … Culture of Onions. 75 be retained, and the other displaced ; and, soon after thefruit is gathered, the shoot that bore fruit must be cut backto the young one before mentioned, at the base. By thesemeans you will keep the tree continually supplied with youngbearing wood, and consequently free from…
