whip graft
a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and securing them by tying or taping.
Origin of whip graft
1- Compare whip-and-tongue graft.
Words Nearby whip graft
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How to use whip graft in a sentence
The cions may be placed on the tree by several methods, but only two are commonly employed,—the whip-graft and the cleft-graft.
The Apple-Tree | L. H. BaileyOn the small shoots of young trees, the whip-graft is often employed, but it is not used in large trees.
The Apple-Tree | L. H. BaileyRoot-grafting, especially of fruit-stocks, is performed almost entirely by the whip-graft.
The Nursery Book | Liberty Hyde BaileyThe parts are held only by the string, which, together with the wax, is applied in the same way as upon the whip-graft.
The Nursery Book | Liberty Hyde BaileyThe parts are sometimes joined by a tongue, after the manner of a whip-graft, but this is rarely necessary.
The Nursery Book | Liberty Hyde Bailey
British Dictionary definitions for whip graft
horticulture a graft made by inserting a tongue cut on the sloping base of the scion into a slit on the sloping top of the stock
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