bud stick

American  

noun

Horticulture.

1. a shoot of a plant from which buds are cut for the propagation of that plant.

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Example Sentences

In making the plate bud, it is cut from the scion or bud stick the same as for the familiar T bud.

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Making vertical cut to remove bud patch from bud stick.

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Making parallel cuts on bud stick.

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Such a bud stick cannot be obtained until July, for before that time the bark is so tender that it is impossible to get the bud patch off the stick without crushing it or peeling off the cuticle of the bark.

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The bud patches from thin or small scions have to be stretched to fit and generally give a poor "live"; likewise, the buds from the more or less ridged portion at the top of the bud stick.

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