Scions From Young Trees

Categories: Fruit Growing

I have bought some one-year-old apple trees that are certified pedigree

trees. Would it be practical to take the tops of these trees and graft

on one-year seedlings and get the same results as from the trees I

bought? Will they bear just as good, or is it necessary to take the

scions from old bearing trees?



They will bear exactly the same fruit as the young trees will, but you

cannot tell how good that will be until you get the fruit. The advantage

of scions from bearing trees is that you know exactly what you will get,

for, presumably, you have seen and approved it.