Grafting Fruit Trees at Home

Why Graft?Grafting opens remarkable possibilities for the home orchardist: you can propagate exact clones of exceptional varieties that cannot be grown from seed, combine multiple varieties on a single rootstock (a "fruit salad tree"), change the variety on an established tree, or produce trees on specific dwarfing rootstocks.Understanding Rootstock and ScionEvery grafted tree has two parts: the rootstock (the lower part, including the roots, which determines size, disease resistance, and soil a…