Hi All,
This is what I bought: CHE Seedless 1 year old plant, grafted on Maclura rootstock, Cudrania Tricuspidata
1st: is “Cudrania Tricuspidata” same thing as “Osage Orange”, "Maclura Pomifera? I heard only about Maclura being compatible to Mulberries and CHE.
Description from the seller sounds very strange to me… so I think it is CHE cultivar grafted on another CHE Maclura tricuspidata (and it is not Osage Orange rootstock)
2nd: does it look healthy for one year old graft? Almost dry branch and Winter is not here yet; I have roses still flowering and mulberries still growing in Zone 6 (Canada):
Cudrania Tricuspidata is che fruit. I doubt it is grafted on che. It is probably grafted on osage orange which is Maclura pomifera. There is no reason to graft it onto another che tree. They are very easy to root.
All female ches produce seedless fruit if no male is nearby.
In the top two photos it looks like it is in very bad shape.
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Thank you @castanea!
Yes I think it is not “best” graft… it is grafted on Maclura. Seller says “it is very healthy, plant it in the ground outside” LOL 
For now, I planted it in a pot and put in basement in a very good environment, 16 T5 bulbs etc.; new branch seems grew this year and till now nothing was wrong with graft; but it is not best graft possible. Maybe I need to trim new branch and put some plastic bottle on top to have 80%-90% humidity, I am very afraid of such small graft union.
