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Apple Custom Benchgraft

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Bench grafting is where a piece of scionwood is grafted onto a rootstock to grow a new tree.   The scionwood dictates the variety of fruit.  The rootstock dictates the size, hardiness, vigor, and disease resistance of the tree.  Apple scions must be grafted onto apple rootstock, pear scions onto pear rootstock, and plum scions onto stone rootstock.

There are many different methods of bench grafting, but the whip and tongue is a good one with high success rates.   Basically, we whip and tongue graft a piece of scionwood that has 2-3 buds on it (usually 2-3 inches) onto a rootstock of your choice.  Before grafting onto the rootstock, it is cut down to 6 inches above the top root which usually ends up with a 12 inch rootstock.  The resulting benchgraft is roughly 14-15 inches long.

  • July Red Custom Benchgraft

    July Red Custom Benchgraft

    Very attractive, large, red fruit. Strongly scented with vinous or loganberry flavor; sweet, soft, juicy, white flesh. Tree moderately vigorous.

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • July Tart Custom Benchgraft

    July Tart Custom Benchgraft

    The apple is described as a "summer Granny Smith type"and is both a good eating and cooking apple. Fruit is medium or smaller, conical-shaped, with light-green skin which ripens to pale yellow. The white flesh is firm, fine-flavored, briskly tart, and...

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Junaluska Custom Benchgraft

    Junaluska Custom Benchgraft

    A large apple with yellow skin and russet patches and a pink blush. Flesh is tender, juicy, and yellow with a subacid flavor.

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Jupiter Custom Benchgraft

    Jupiter Custom Benchgraft

    Cross between Cox Orange Pippin and Starkling Delicious. More flavorful than Cox Orange Pippin and more disease resistant. Sets heavy crops. Triploid.

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Kandil Sinap Custom Benchgraft

    Kandil Sinap Custom Benchgraft

    This Turkish aristocrat is tall, narrow and cylindrical with a creamy yellow porcelain-like skin blushed a brilliant red. Crisp, juicy, fine-grained flesh with good flavor. Dwarfish tree grows in narrow, pyramidal form. Shy bearer.

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Kaneb Sweet Custom Benchgraft

    Kaneb Sweet Custom Benchgraft

    A cross of Tolman Sweet and Yellow Transparent. A small to medium size, yellow apple. Flesh is juicy and sweet. Good keeper and hardy.

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Karmijn de Sonnaville Custom Benchgraft

    Karmijn de Sonnaville Custom Benchgraft

    Rich robust flavor with masses of sugar and acidity and crisp juicy flesh. One of the strongest-flavored apples comparable to Ashmeads Kernel. Apples red or with red flush and larger than either parent. Flowers are large and beautiful. Susceptible to...

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Katharine Custom Benchgraft

    Katharine Custom Benchgraft

    A cross of Wagener and Ananas Reinette. Apple looks very similar to Waganer. A large, pretty apple with yellow-green skin partly covered with red and orange blush. Flesh is firm and juicy with a fine flavor.

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Katja Custom Benchgraft

    Katja Custom Benchgraft

    Juicy, yellow-white flesh with good flavor. Moderately vigorous, upright, spreading tree. Good keeper.

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Keepsake Custom Benchgraft

    Keepsake Custom Benchgraft

    Unattractive, irregularly shaped, 2.25 to 2.75 inch diameter, 90% red fruit. Fine grained, hard, very crisp, juicy light yellow flesh. Strongly aromatic flavor. Very hardy. Mellows with age. Attains peak fresh eating quality in January or February. Keeps...

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Kent Custom Benchgraft

    Kent Custom Benchgraft

    Medium sized apple that is a cross between Cox Orange Pippin and Jonathan. Flesh is white and crisp with a sweeter and milder than either parent. Good keeper

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Kerr Crab Custom Benchgraft

    Kerr Crab Custom Benchgraft

    Dolgo Crab and Haralson cross. A dark crimson skinned crab measuring about 1.75" in diameter . The flesh is yellow and tinged with red, crisp, juicy with a sweet/tart taste. It is very good for fresh eating and gets better with storage. Can be used...

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Kerry Pippin Custom Benchgraft

    Kerry Pippin Custom Benchgraft

    Small shiny yellow fruit sometimes striped red in the sun. The crisp, crunchy, hard flesh has an intriguing flavor which, after much discussion and tasting, we can only characterize as a hint of boysenberry. Delicious!

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Kestrel Custom Benchgraft

    Kestrel Custom Benchgraft

    A cross of New York Red Spy and Macoun. A medium, red apple. The flesh is cream color, juicy, and crisp with a sweet/tart flavor. A high quality dessert apple.

    $15.00
    Out of stock
  • Kidds Orange Red Custom Benchgraft

    Kidds Orange Red Custom Benchgraft

    Pink, crimson flush, some stripes over pale yellow skin with russet dots. Medium size, conic, slightly ribbed, hybrid of Cox Orange Pippin, that does better in warm climates than Cox. Rich balance of sugar, acidity and aromatics, with a hint of violets...

    $15.00
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