A Late Spring Update on This Year’s Grafted Apple Trees
Sixteen of the twenty-four new apple trees that I grafted back in March are showing signs of life, despite the scorching sunshine.
Sixteen of the twenty-four new apple trees that I grafted back in March are showing signs of life, despite the scorching sunshine.
It has been a very good year indeed for apples; here’s my pick of the crop from our allotment, and the orchards at Quarry Bank.
These apples aren’t true-to-type, but they’re probably true to something… can I work out the correct variety?
Here’s how I went about creating a ‘family’ apple tree of six varieties, using the rind grafting technique.