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Here's a blynhym apricot grafted to flavored king plout as host mother

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Richard

What a maniac!

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mskitty38583

well then thats great news. i might have to go prune my moms trees for her. she has 2-3 types of cherry, 2-3 types of necterines,a plum, and an apple and i think a pear tree. i dont eat half of these fruits, but i do love the blooms. and im sure the birds will love them. thank you!

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Richard:
Heh-heh!!
In case you are wondering how the fruits look like with some of my plants. here are some sample.

Italian prunes. not ripe yet


Fuji apple





Green gage plum



Fuyo persimmon



Asian pear




I think I better stop now. They may banned me for uploading these pics.

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JoeReal

Nice fruits Benny!

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Now to keep this on topic,

Today, MArch 19, 2008 I have added more items to my multi-grafted citrus tree:

Sidi Aissa Clementine
China Satsuma S-6
China Satsuma S-9
Eustis Limequat
Nordmann Seedless Nagami
Centennial Variegated Kumquat

All were Bark-grafted. The barks are slipping nicely.

I have more coming...

MediaHound

Wow Benny those are some awesome pictures. I am truly in awe.

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And I 've grafted French prunes and European sweet prunes to Italian prunes as mother host 3 19 08

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bencelest

Thanks for lavish praise to both of you Joe and Jarred.
the 1st picture the Italian prune I finally cut it drastically because as Richard said if you can't reach the fruit it's for the birds.
Hopefully next year it will fruit because it is so sweet and delicious.
I am learning a lot here. Thank you very much.

I forgot . I also grafted a pippin apple to a pink pearl A. Irwin apple.

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jason

Looks great!!!,,Hey do you know by chance how hard is it to graft angel trumpets because i have tried 5 different times and with no such luck the cane that im trying to graft onto the other angel trumpet shrivels up and dies every time??? any help would be great.Jason.

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Jason:
There are many kinds of graft. And to get 100% take you apply a particular one depending on the season. Right now all the plants' bark are slipping so I am applying Joe real's bark graft method. I'll PM you if you want. Joe real is the one who taught me in person and also Mr. Buddiman and Mr. texas how to graft and almost always now they are 100% take.

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JoeReal

Early in the morning today, I have grafted Tachina plum. Benny is going to get some next week. You think that Sutter French Prune is big? The Tachina plum although similar in shape and color to the Sutter French Prune, is even bigger, and is juicier and geared towards the fresh fruit market. It is in the unreleased collection of the University of California, and so you will only find this amongst hobbyists.

JoeReal

Even though the Tachina plum can be argued as a prune, because it is European type (P. domestica) in terms of parentage, it can be called a plum because it is best eaten fresh. The plum moniker indicates that this is designed for the fresh fruit market. But plum or prune, I will try them fresh and dried. Hoping for some fruits in the Fall of next year.

JoeReal

The really best time to graft during late spring to early summer time is early in the morning, an hour before until about a couple of hours past sunrise. At this early morning time, temperature of the scionwood and the air is not extreme, allows for your grafted scionwood very nice acclimitization as the day progresses. If you have grafted during the hottest time of the day, your scionwood in cold storage will suddenly feel like baking in the hot sun in so short a time. Although you will still get 100% take, the resulting scionwood will sometimes become stunted or take a long time to sprout. Hot days in spring to summer time, you will have to shield the graft from the sun.

Evenings when the temperature has cooled down is the second best time to graft. Just bring your shop lights. But if you are in Coastal Areas like where Benny is, or it is during the cool days of spring, anytime of the day is a good time to graft.

bencelest

Wow! Thank you for the notes Joe. THAT, you don't read those from books.

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More on grafts

Here's another branch of my flavored king plout.
Note: Maryann's apricot is not really its true name. It's the name of the donor. My wife brought a couple of apricots one day home and as I tasted it it was so good I resolved to grow one. So I asked my wife to ask Maryann to cut me a branch. It does not taste like Tiltons or Blynhym or the other imperial apricot but this one is superb tasting compared to any one of those. Maryann is a member of CRFG. The name of my wife's coworker is Maryann so I named it after her. Now I have about 7 or 8 branches that are growing.

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JoeReal

Thanks Benny! At least I can tell my wife that I am not alone in this grafting "craziness".

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Shoot!
Someone called me a maniac. Not onlycrazy but maniac! Imagine that!

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mskitty38583

. well at least your a colorful maniac.

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Thank you Mskitty. I'll take that as a very nice compliment.

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