rootstock
Example Sentences
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Previously, folk would simply make new by grafting scion wood of the desired variety to rootstock.
From Washington Post • Apr. 3, 2020
As a result, these old vines of monastrell, or mourvèdre as it’s known in French, did not have to be grafted onto American rootstock, which resists phylloxera.
From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2019
On a few grafted trees where the scion had failed, the rootstock had produced suckers that then bloomed.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 17, 2018
Efforts to plant the great wines of Europe – known as Vitis vinifera or classic grapes – failed because their rootstock couldn’t withstand attacks from pests like phylloxera, which thrive in wet climates.
From Salon • Jun. 3, 2018
A Caudex is the old name for such a peculiar trunk as a Palm-stem; it is also used for an upright and thick rootstock.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
