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pousse

English translation: growth / shoot / growing season

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French term or phrase:pousse
English translation:growth / shoot / growing season
Entered by: Tony M

11:39 Aug 1, 2014
French to English translations [PRO]
Agriculture / apple production
French term or phrase: pousse
The context is titles on graphs showing growth:
Longeur de pousses en fin de 1. pousse - cm

and fruit production/yield:
Production des fruits-cumul 3. pousse-tonnes/ha
Production cumulee en 5. pousse
of apple trees in intense production systems on dwarfing rootstocks.
Do 1., 2., 3. pousse refer to 1st, 2nd, 3rd growing season? For instance, shoot length (cm) at the end of the 1st growing season? Cumulative total fruit production (tons/ha) in the 3rd growing season? Cumulative total production in the 5th growing season?
John Speese
United States
Local time: 16:14
growth / shoot / growing season
Explanation:
I think we can bring the two meanings closer together if we remember that the underlying meaning of 'pousse' is 'growth' — and by extension, 'that which occurs during a growing season'.

So if Asker considers the very first instance as 'shoot' ('that which grows') and thereafter as 'growing season', it all falls into place quite nicely.
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Tony M
France
Local time: 22:14
Grading comment
Thanks, Tony! That resolves the issue nicely.
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5shoot
Isabelle Colson
3growth / shoot / growing season
Tony M


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shoot


Explanation:
Whole phrase: "Shoot length at the end of 1. shoot - cm"

"Pousse" refers to the new growth in plants just after germination or during the growing season (mainly trees).

Example sentence(s):
  • "À la fin de l'hiver, on taillera la jeune pousse de prolongement..."
  • "Chaque année, un arbre à noyaux en bonne santé va émettre de nouvelles pousses..."

    Reference: http://www.rustica.fr/articles-jardin/fruits-et-verger/taill...
Isabelle Colson
France
Local time: 22:14
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
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20 days   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
growth / shoot / growing season


Explanation:
I think we can bring the two meanings closer together if we remember that the underlying meaning of 'pousse' is 'growth' — and by extension, 'that which occurs during a growing season'.

So if Asker considers the very first instance as 'shoot' ('that which grows') and thereafter as 'growing season', it all falls into place quite nicely.

Tony M
France
Local time: 22:14
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 45
Grading comment
Thanks, Tony! That resolves the issue nicely.
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