You see, I discovered years ago that, even with just one lonely apple tree, I could use a no-sweat technique called cleft grafting to transform something as unpromising as a “crabber” into a ...

Having your own apple tree would be incredible if you love this fruit, but if you save an apple seed to grow a tree, the ...

Apple tree propagation involves a method called grafting. Grafting is the process of taking a base plant (rootstock) and attaching your desired plant (scion) to the top so that the roots are one ...

The topic will be bench grafting, where small dormant pieces (scions) from a desirable apple tree are incorporated into a dormant rootstock and preserved until the weather is suitable for planting.

Their hardiness and excellent flavor make heirloom apples some of the best fruit trees to grow, and this is made possible by grafting. Apple trees sold for orchards and home growers have branches ...

To get one, go to the subscriptions page. People have been grafting apple trees for thousands of years, ever since the fruit was domesticated. “It’s an ancient technique,” says Julie ...

Want to learn the how’s and why’s of propagating apple trees and changing varieties with the age-old techniques of grafting? Then come to the last class in this spring’s Rutgers Snyder Farm ...

It’s astonishing enough to learn that Calgary has everything it takes to be transformed into a massive, urban fruit orchard. But the fact that such a thing could happen in well under a decade?

A CU ecology professor noticed an apple tree in a Boulder field. What happened next grew into something bigger.