Antonio Vargas Mendes thins fruit from an apple tree at Devoto Gardens & Orchards near Sebastopol in June 2021. With grafting, you can get multiple varieties of fruit on one tree, like Luther ...

Apple trees grown from seed aren't identical to the parent trees and have smaller, inferior fruit. Grafting is a more successful approach.

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 the roots are one plant ...

Novices should first try grafting apple trees, which are relatively easy, said Jack Kay, 52, a master gardener and longtime grafter in Santa Clara.

Late winter is the perfect time to start getting your fruiting trees and shrubs ready for spring. Now is a good time for pruning and planting. And it is a great time to graft! Grafting is a method ...

When I first tried grafting a 'Fuji' apple tree nearly 20 years ago, I was a bit skeptical. It just looked like a skill better left to the pros. However, the process was pretty easy and actually ...

When shopping for fruit trees, you’ll likely see a range of graft options, including true-dwarf, dwarf, semi-dwarf or standard-sized trees. In most settings, dwarf or semi-dwarf trees work best.

Instead of your old tree producing tiny crabapples that just litter the lawn come autumn, the same tree can be altered to produce one or even several different varieties of superlative eating apples.

If you have trouble deciding what kind of apples to buy when you visit the grocery store or the orchard, imagine what it’s like choosing which type of apples to grow. That is the dilemma facing Steve ...

Four years ago, Cambridge asked for proposals for a public art project for a school complex they were building. The winner was a living art project that will memorialize a beloved apple tree that ...

Luther Burbank, the famed experimental horticulturalist, called it making old trees young again. But even for novices, fruit tree grafting is alluringly simple: a dormant branch or twig - a scion ...