Grafting nanking cherry tree

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Yah, sure. Here’s links to a couple of pics.

Updated photos of plum grafted to tomentosa (nanking cherry)

Been promising Bill (Auburn) I would post a grown-up picture of this experiment (The ongoing saga of the prune on nanking cherry) and here’s a couple. The first should be a baby picture and the second and thirdshould be nine years later. To date we have enjoyed two plums from this tree! [image][image][image] Our snow is finally receding- the last two pictures were just shot.

Prune grafted to Nanking cherry bearing

Thought I’d post a couple shots of my prune plum grafted to Nanking cherry- here it is at about 10 years old with its first decent fruit load. You’ll see the deer have been helping with pruning, but not a great deal. The logic in the graft was two-fold: we wanted a prune that didn’t sucker and which didn’t get too big. So far so good- but it took forever to mature! It’s brother on its own roots took just as long, however There’s more on the subject here: The ongoing saga of the prune on nankin…