The history of fruit thinning

By F. Dennis. Plant growth regulation (Print), 2000

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Chemical Blossom Thinners Vary in Their Effect on Sweet Cherry Fruit Set, Yield, Fruit Quality, and Crop Value (2006, background): “These may include a multiplicity of chemical blossom and postbloom thinners (Byers and Carbaugh, 1991; Dennis, 2000; Westwood, 1993), and hand thinning in the current season, as well as gibberellic acid to reduce (Bradley and Crane, 1959; Tromp, 1982), or ethephon or naphthaleneacetic acid (NAA) to…”
Detection and counting of flowers on apple trees for better chemical thinning decisions (2019, methodology): “This method was already recommended by several early English horticulturists in the seventeenth century and was reported to be useful by Gourley back in 1922 (Gourley 1922), but still remains one of the most widely used methods for thinning today (Dennis 2000).”
Plant Growth Regulators: Backgrounds and Uses in Plant Production (2015, background): “Hence, controlling fruit set is an important cultural practice, particularly in apples, but also in other deciduous fruit trees (Dennis 2000; Wertheim 2000; Webster and Spencer 2000; Greene 2010; Greene and Costa 2013) and in citrus”