whip graft

noun

, Horticulture.

1. a graft prepared by cutting both the scion and the stock in a sloping direction and securing them by tying or taping.

whip graft

noun

1. 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

Word History and Origins

Origin of whip graft¹

First recorded in 1665–75

Example Sentences

The cions may be placed on the tree by several methods, but only two are commonly employed,—the whip-graft and the cleft-graft.

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On the small shoots of young trees, the whip-graft is often employed, but it is not used in large trees.

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Root-grafting, especially of fruit-stocks, is performed almost entirely by the whip-graft.

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The parts are held only by the string, which, together with the wax, is applied in the same way as upon the whip-graft.

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The parts are sometimes joined by a tongue, after the manner of a whip-graft, but this is rarely necessary.

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