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I graft apple and pear trees in my back yard. One of my apple trees has 10+ varieties. The good thing is that once you have different varieties of apples on the

by mudil 12y ago

I graft apple and pear trees in my back yard. One of my apple trees has 10+ varieties. The good thing is that once you have different varieties of apples on the same trees, the yield increases, because you have cross-pollinating varieties so proximately to each other. I learned how to do different grafts from various youtube videos. There is also a group in SF that grafts edible grafts on decorative urban trees, such as on Japanese cherries: http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/07/150142001/guerrilla-grafters-bring-forbidden-fruit-back-to-city-trees http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/04/07/150142001/guerri...

nkurz 12y ago
Have you done any pear/apple combinations? Surprisingly (at least to me), there are some varieties of apple that are compatible with both pear and apple rootstock. Winter Banana (an apple, not a banana) and Bartlett Pear is one of combinations known to work. You can then use the Winter Banana graft as an interstem, to which you can graft apple varieties which are not directly compatible. Or you can go the other way, graft the Winter Banana on your apple tree, and then graft pears on to that. I've got a Winter Banana started in the back yard, but it's not yet large enough to start playing around with.