One of the lesser-known aspects of buying apple trees is the significance of rootstocks. The rootstock is essentially the base of the tree onto which the desired apple variety is grafted.

Beginning at 7 pm participants will take part in a hands-on apple tree grafting demonstration on how to graft fruit trees by commercial horticulture specialist, Patrick O’Malley. Grafting workshop ...

Ames, Iowa – Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is offering fruit tree grafting workshops on March 31 in Dallas County at the Dallas County Extension office in Adel. Participants will hear a ...

In both cases the crop-producing shoot is called the scion, which is removed from its original roots and placed onto a new plant, called the rootstock. Among greenhouse tomato growers, grafting is ...

Due to its long history of cultivation and popularity, vast information exists on its breeding, cultivation, propagation and rootstock selection [3]. However, little is known about rose plant ...