Meaning of watersprout | Babel Free

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An upright shoot growing from a latent (dormant) bud on the trunk or older branch of a tree.

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“... watersprout, or from the old typical bearing wood. / MR. KOETHEN. I have⟳ yet failed to know⟳ what a watersprout is. If you will give⟳ any healthy limb that comes from a tree plenty of light⟳ and air, it will develop⟳ into fruit[…]”

“... watersprout may be tied without bending, it is probably better to select⟳ another cane, even of a less productive type⟳, that will be less likely to be broken. Where a renewal is desired, such a cane may be pruned to a spur and in[…]”

“... watersprout, F1 canes starting from a watersprout, F2 canes starting from one year old cane, which was grown on a watersprout.”

“Watersprout scions are wedged into the cambium layer both above and below the damage⟳ in early spring⟳ when the bark is slipping. Grooves can be cut⟳ into the sound⟳ bark tissue to receive⟳ each end⟳ of the scions, or the gnawed edge can be[…]”

“... watersprout shoots (Fig. 2B), Fig. 2. A. Adult phase shoots from the canopy of the mature male Kentucky coffeetree. Pedicels and a few persistent staminate flowers are evident. B. Juvenile watersprout sucker, collected at the same time[…]”

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