I have a Blenheim apricot tree that I would like to graft a couple branches of Aprium. I tried once (and failed), but I suspect this was because I was trying to topwork 5" diameter branches with thick bark to a pencil-sized scion. Now those branches have smaller shoots, and I would like to try again.
Is Aprium typically grown on plum rootstock, or can I graft it to my apricot tree?
You can graft Aprium to both plum and/or apricot. I have flavor delight grafted onto both Methley plum and Goldcot Apricot. Both grew well this year.
I’ve grafted an Aprium to my Blenheim Apricot tree and it took easily. It was just an experiment though as the Aprium is still under patent protection.
I agree with what Dave and Vinod said: there should be no compatibility issue with grafting Aprium to Apricot and Asian Plum. @bleedingdirt, the Flavor Delight Aprium is out of patent (expired in 2009) and the patent on Honey Rich Aprium will expire Feb 4, 2017.
Hi Stan,
It was my Cot N Candy Aprium that I tried with. I grafted your Flavor Delight scions on my CNC but it failed.
That Flavor Delight was not mine, I never had it. 
i have a cotNcandy aprium
flavor delight aprium
and bella gold peacotum
what types of fruit can i graft onto those?
apriums aprocots plums pluot/plumcots peaches nectarines nectaplums???
all stone fruits except cherries, my friend. there might be some Euro plums that develops later that you should watch for swelling of the union to tell the story from beginning to finish.
Here are my notes and I am relying on memory after several pints of hard cider please remember:
Apricots should accept most all pluots very well; Japanese plums; European plum (Most not compatible.) Pluots make great interstem combinations between the Apricot wood and European plum scions. (See chart)
ALL ROOTSTOCKS should have a smooth union w/ SCIONS but if swelling is observed, that shows a general issue of incompatibility among the two. Additionally, another general principle that should be observed: full-vigor seedling rootstocks on most all accounts will have less incompatibility with scions than dwarf-rootstocks or semi-dwarfing-rootstocks. This will apply across the board among all fruit trees.
‘Adara’ plum aka “Puente” allows grafting among all your peacotoms, etc, to cherry or vice-versa, my friend. Will never matter if sour cherry or sweet,. There are restrictions (certain cultivars) but gimmie a break is all I’m up to sayin’. Do your own research and you’ll learn that all kinds of possibilities are possible with ‘Adara’/ “Puente”.
Yeah, “Good Luck” of course,
br,
DAX
