So, in the fall we went to their fruit tasting event. Kind of strange, as it was a huge hall of tables with tones of fruit to taste. OK, nice, but didn't really get the point. We did attend a Bee Guy telling's us all about bees in the area, which was fascinating.
OK, so this event made it all clear. Last fall you taste the fruit and make notes, then in the spring you go and pick up the root stock and scions to grow your own!
Hundreds of fruit tree excerpts and fruit tree lovers. Really nice helpful friendly people. I'm very rarely impressed with the human race and this was great - really lifted my heart.
We stopped by the Information Table and pleaded ignorant of the whole process. They walked us through everything with great patience.
Anyway,,, The deal is you pick out what Scions (small cuttings from fruit trees that are free) then buy ($5) the root stock they go on. And for another $5 they will custom graft the scion onto the root stock for you. Being you get to sit and talk with the person doing the grafting it is a super totally fun educational experience. You walk away with such a good feeling and some little trees to take care of and grow. Total cost for each custom tree is $10.
He showed us three ways to graft. Easier than I thought and will probably do it myself in the future.
Grafting, in general, is a more powerful tool that I realized. Don't like the fruit on your tree... Cut it off and graft a new variety on. Want to add a new variety to an existing tree, no problem, just cut off a limb and graft on a new variety.
Captain Dave
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| Our new fruit trees. Scions grafted to root stock. |
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| Here is our friendly guy who grafted our 4 fruit trees. |
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| Lots of Scions to choose from and they are FREE. |
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| Pic of maybe half of the tables with scions for various fruit trees. |
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