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Category: Top Fruit Grafting

Benjamin Whitmill (the Elder) on Gathering Cyons

Here’s some eighteenth century advice on the best time to collect pear and plum scions and how to store them before grafting.

Published February 2, 2023
Categorised as Quotations, Top Fruit Grafting Tagged Benjamin Whitmill, C18th, grafting, scion cutting, scions

How To: Top-Graft a ‘Family’ Apple Tree

Here’s how I went about creating a ‘family’ apple tree of six varieties, using the rind grafting technique.

Published April 2, 2022
Categorised as Feature Articles, Top Fruit Grafting Tagged apple, catshead, grafting, orleans reinette, rind grafting, rosemary russet, tydemans early worcester, wareham russet, worcester pearmain

How NOT to Graft a ‘Family’ Apple Tree (#EpicFail)

Feature image: a grafted family tree

The best laid plans of orchardists also gang aft a-gley, especially if you don’t think your clever ideas through properly…

Published February 13, 2022
Categorised as Feature Articles, Top Fruit Grafting Tagged apple, grafting, rootstock, scion

Amelia Simmons, on Grafting a ‘Family Tree’

Words of wisdom here on how to keep youngsters out of mischief by teaching them the art of apple tree grafting.

Published January 10, 2022
Categorised as Quotations, Top Fruit Grafting Tagged Amelia Simmons, C18th, family tree, grafting

Time to Check Grafted Trees for Rootstock Regrowth

As leaves start to grow on your top-fruit trees it’s a good time to check your grafted plants for unwanted rootstock bud-break.

Published June 3, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work, Top Fruit Grafting Tagged grafted trees, pruning, rootstock

Arnold’s Chronicle on Greffing Family Trees

Another 16th century mention for multiple-variety fruit tree grafting suggests it was quite a common practice for the time.

Published March 11, 2021
Categorised as Quotations, Top Fruit Grafting Tagged C16th, family tree, grafting, Richard Arnold

Brossard (Mascall), on Graffyng Family Trees

As this 16th century quotation shows, the concept of the multi-variety ‘family’ fruit tree is not a new one.

Published March 10, 2021
Categorised as Quotations, Top Fruit Grafting Tagged C16th, David Brossard, family tree, grafting, Leonard Mascall

Growing a ‘Family’ Apple Tree – Episode 1

Feature image: a grafted family tree

I’ve been meaning to graft up a multi-variety apple tree for a while; here’s my first attempt.

Published February 27, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Top Fruit Grafting Tagged bench grafting, dormant grafting, egremont russet, family tree, grafting, laxton's superb, wareham russet

Fruit Tree Grafting Advice From the Experts

If you’re looking for expert advice on grafting apple and pear trees, look no further.

Published February 26, 2021
Categorised as Linking Out, Top Fruit Grafting Tagged bench grafting, cleft grafting, dormant grafting, drill grafting, field grafting, grafting, rind grafting, saddle grafting, whip and tongue grafting

John Evelyn, on the Variability of Kernels

Another good example of the almost scientific level of knowledge in C17th pomology.

Published February 24, 2021
Categorised as Quotations, Top Fruit Grafting Tagged C17th, grafting, John Beale, John Evelyn, wilding

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