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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.

  • Black Gilliflower Custom Benchgraft

    Black Gilliflower Custom Benchgraft

    Large, long, conical, ribbed apple which, when highly colored, becomes almost purplish. Distinctive unusual flavor, reminiscent of Spitzenburg, rich and sweet, with relatively dry flesh. Hangs well on the tree but do not allow to become overripe as flesh...

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  • Blenheim Orange Custom Benchgraft

    Blenheim Orange Custom Benchgraft

    Large, yellow and red apple with creamy, white course flesh. Sharply subacid, aromatic flavor similar to Roxbury Russet. Tip bearer. Immune to fire blight. Suscepible to scab.

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  • Blondee Custom Benchgraft

    Blondee Custom Benchgraft

    A large, yellow apple with smooth skin. It has sweet and tart, firm, crisp flesh. Good keeper. It is a slow-browning apple when sliced. 

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  • Blue Pearmain Custom Benchgraft

    Blue Pearmain Custom Benchgraft

    An old apple of uncertain origin, but probably American. It was noted by the Royal Horticultural Society of London in 1893 and widely grown in New York and New England in the 19th century. A large, slightly conical fruit with red and purplish-red...

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  • Bonnie Best Custom Benchgraft

    Bonnie Best Custom Benchgraft

    An excellent apple for pies, canning, and fresh use. Fruits are large with attractive pale red striping. Flesh is creamy color, crunchy, tender, juicy and slightly tart. Keeps well in storage.

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  • Burford Redflesh Custom Benchgraft

    Burford Redflesh Custom Benchgraft

    Medium to large size, round to round flattened, red apple with a light russet. The flesh is beet-red, juicy and very tart and somewhat bitter. A cooking apple and often used for making cider. Can be used as an ornamental due to it's greyish bloom.

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  • Burgundy Custom Benchgraft

    Burgundy Custom Benchgraft

    Large, solid dark red apple with gloss like skin. Flesh is crisp with some red streaking as it ripens. Great eating apple. One of our favorites. Not a great keeper.

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  • Calville Blanc d'Hiver Custom Benchgraft

    Calville Blanc d'Hiver Custom Benchgraft

    Uniquely shaped medium to large size fruit, skin yellow with light red flush. Fine textured. Flesh is tender, yellowish-white; flavor sweet, subacid, aromatic. Higher in Vitamin C than an orange. This is the gourmet culinary apple of France, excellent...

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  • Cameo Custom Benchgraft

    Cameo Custom Benchgraft

    A chance seedling. Resembles a Delicious apple. Bright red striping over a cream colored base. Fresh is firm, crisp with subacid, aromatic taste. Good keeper

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