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

Figure 13 shows a bud stick of the present season's growth from which the leaves have been cut.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 by Northern Nut Growers Association

For this reason it is desirable to have the bud stick of the same diameter as the stock.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Making vertical cut between parallel cuts on bud stick.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 by Northern Nut Growers Association

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

From Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Thirty-Seventh Annual Report Wooster, Ohio, September 3, 4, 5, 1946 by Northern Nut Growers Association

Making vertical cut to remove bud patch from bud stick.

From Northern Nut Growers Association, Report of the Proceedings at the Fourth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. November 18 and 19, 1913 by Northern Nut Growers Association