Bridge Graft Question

[joleneakamama]

@Lodidian
The tree we bridge grafted never missed a beat.
It’s been seven years since and though its been nibbled on a few times it has never seen the kind of damage it had before.

Here is the whole tree just after sundown. It is at least 16 feet tall in my estimation.

Here is a close up of the two long scions.

Here are the two short ones, the one on the left is wider now.

Lastly, here is the strip of bark that was not girdled.

The pictures from when it was first grafted are at this link, as well as an update or two.

Finally done grafting

I do believe I’m finally done grafting this year. I was counting up the trees and other grafts, and got to about 145 cleft and whip and tongue. Hubby and I also grafted a crab apple over to Winesap for a guy, and that was 40 thin scions set, at two or three per limb. I have about 110 new trees growing in my garden, and thanks to everyone who traded scions with me, I have almost 60 new varieties to look forward to tasting someday. Here is a picture of the grafted over Winesap. Tomorrow I’ll g…