just grafted 3 cultivars to my harrow crisp that’s just leafing out. hopefully they take. i have a few scion left of apricot also. anyone know if apricot will grow on plum? i have a Waneta i could graft them on.
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It will work but grafting apricots are the hardest thing there is to graft in general. There are many websites to back my claim including garden catalogs that sell fruit cocktail trees. Here is one of a million discussions on the internet https://www.quora.com/Botany-Can-you-graft-peaches-plums-and-apricots-on-the-same-tree-Will-it-fruit-more-than-one-year
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Tree of 40 Fruit - Wikipedia
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And, as you know, that pictured tree does not exist, nor would one look like that. It’s “art” according to some. The fruit from 2011 looks like all plums to me.
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A tree that produces 40 fruits was confirmed. Did they doctor up the picture? Very likely they doctor up all pictures now. This is likely the real photo. Tree of 40 Fruit - Wikipedia
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Yes, trees exist with much more than 40 fruits. Joe Real is proud of his.
That picture is beyond doctored, more like fabricated. That professor is responsible for multiple trees with 40 fruits, or at least grafts, but they aren’t going to all bloom at once. You’ll have varying growth habits and bloom times. Some will be bare, some green, lopsided, varying density and differently spaced internodes, and so forth.
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Yeah, that’s a real tree. See the difference? Red leaves in the middle, varying stages of bloom, colors not so vibrant, canopy volume less dense and more on the right side. Plus some of those varieties are probably getting shaded into oblivion unless somebody knowledgeable is keeping up on it.
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Exactly what i thought that is why i included the link to the real photo above and the wiki.
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Yeah, we’re replying in real time and our exchange isn’t quite sequential:slight_smile:
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Some people are sensitive if you quote them and leave out the photo they attached. Mostly i agree with all of them. The original link is there above, i am always surprised noone says more to the poster. Most of us think the best orchardist collectively are right here on this website. As a group we have a good amount of knowledge.
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Hey I might try grafting my apricot to my nectarine tree, is that legit?
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That should work but stone fruits are not easy to graft except for plums. If anyone wants to see the multi variety trees these are the park locations " Newton, Massachusetts; Pound Ridge, New York; Short Hills, New Jersey; Bentonville, Arkansas; and San Jose, California ." The childrens discovery museum would be the closest for you to see Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose - Our Tree of 40 Fruit has started to bloom! Created by artist Sam Van Aken, this unique tree has 48 grafts that will eventually bear 40 varieties of fruit. The home for our Tree of 40 Fruit will be in our new outdoor learning environment now under construction. #PurpleMuseum | Facebook .This is more about it https://blog.gardeningknowhow.com/guest-bloggers/tree-of-40-fruit-a-delicious-intersection-of-art-and-agriculture/
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Reading what Nathan F Yospe stated about Plums having sub optimal yield on Peach stock,surprised me,as mine get lots of fruit.
The next statement,Almonds are mentioned,along with different climates involved.So maybe,that could be part of it.Kind of like that saying,that Drew51 uses sometimes,that all gardening is local.
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Apricots are the hardest in my opinion, but peaches are a close second. If the weather isn’t perfect, they fail.
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A few years ago, I grafted an unknown apricot onto 5 pozegaca (požegača; Prunus domestica) sprouts, just to try it, and they all took, so I thought it was not difficult to graft.
I grafted them mid-March.
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what would be an interesting art project would be to graft a tree so that it blooms over time, in a spiral up within the branches, from darkest to lightest shades of petal. it would be good too if the fruit appeared and ripened the same way, spiraling up along the trunk.
grafting as an art medium would be so slow.
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but at least some apricots are hardy here. not so much for peaches. the contender i planted last spring was D.O.A this spring even buried in snow with a mild winter.
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but very rewarding in the end. 
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i googled it and a few of responses say apricot to plum is easy but not to plumcot for some reason. rain in the forecast for the next 6 days so it should have time to heal properly before it gets very warm again. we usually only get a handful of 80’s and several days of 90’s max so it should be ok for healing. most everything only leafed out 2 weeks ago here.
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