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MOST of the orchards in the west of Herefordshire have had their herbage injured during the present season by the extraordinary profusion of suckers thrown up by the apple-trees. In many places it looks like a miniature plantation, and is a serious detriment to the pasture. In an equal degree the elms have exhibited the same tendency to throw up an infinite number of shoots, and I am curious to know whether I am right in considering it to be due to the great heat of the surface of the soil.
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ROBINSON, C. Suckers from the Apple Tree. Nature 2, 315–316 (1870). https://doi.org/10.1038/002315e0
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