1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens iii. xxix. 359 The seede is smal..and it commeth in little blewish Cuppes or Sawsers, in the middest of the syde branches.
1880 C. R. Markham 80 A rapidly rising, slender, tall stem, devoid of side branches.
2014 M. Myers 214/2 Prune the tip of the leader back to a weak side branch to slow upward growth.