Hello! I would love to know where people are getting their scions and rootstocks, what their soil and weather are like, and if they are doing any fun experiments.
This year I’m planning to graft about 1/3 of my grafts on pacific crabapple because it handles seasonally waterlogged, slightly acidic, and seasonally dry soil well. I’m in south western Oregon. I have many of the commercial rootstocks already, so this is a definite departure. I know I will have to spend more time pruning.
I also ordered from 39th parallel and Maple Valley for the first time this year. The 39th package just showed up today and it was well wrapped.
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It is a scaled back order year for us here. Got a 6 scion order in to TOC. Might get 1 more 10 or less size order in with somebody. Plus another 10 types collected up.
Looking for just enough scions to justify a 125 root stock order in with Treco.
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This is a slow down year for me… compared to the last two.
I will be grafting two persimmon varieties (Saijo, Dar Sofiyivky) to my own wild dv rootstock.
I will be grafting 3 mulberry varieties to russian mulberry rootstock from Burnt Ridge nursery.
I am providing some of my own rootstock (for persimmons) and some of my own scionwood (gerardi mulberry) and the rest I did trades for this winter.
I will be grafting bell pear, potomac, warren, karls favorite onto my kiefer and improved kiefer and orient pear trees.
I grew the bell pear scion myself… traded for the others.
Adding chestnut and trailman crabapples to my two younger apple trees. Traded for those.
Adding AU cherry plum to my AU Rosa and Shiro trees. Traded for those.
Grafting over my royal medlar with Nottingham/Marrion. Bought that scion.
I think that is about it.
TNHunter
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What’s TOC? I’ve ordered from Temperate Orchard Society. They have an ENORMOUS list of offerings, so much so it’s overwhelming. I think they’re done shipping for the year, though.
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Did the Royal medlar not do well? I almost ordered one but figured I have too much fall rain to deal with any more late ripening fruit than I already have.
The Nick Botner origin preserved orchard. Are you thinking of HOS? The Home Orchard Society?
@LarisaLee … I started a royal medlar last spring… it grew some and a deer managed to eat the top out of it near the end of the season.
It is sort of ideal size now for grafting on a single scion to change varieties… and late last fall and early winter there were a few folks here really bragging on the fruit quality of nottingham.
Oh, I had the name wrong. Temperate Orchard Conservancy. Yes, I’ve ordered scions from them and from HOS. Both are in Oregon, where I live, and I usually order local. Also ordered from Queener Farms. The TOC has every apple you could ever want, but since they don’t give any details on their list of offerings, it’s kind of overwhelming.
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TOC did have many of Nick Botner’s varieties that survived after his passing. And yes it helps to know what you are looking for. Sadly many hundreds of types did not make it and they hope to rebuild the collection if possible.
I have no doubt I will have many years of ordering from TOC to complete my “bred in Georgia” collection with assorted apples of interest.
They are still by default one of the best large private collections in size. Along with Hocking Hills. But all is good. Both have types the other does not.
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