Fact a Day

I try to learn a(n awesome) fact a day at Jungs.

Today's fun fact is about apple root stock.

Did you know all those apples you eat in the store weren't grown on trees that are grown from seeds? That's right kids, to keep lines pure (so a "Honeycrisp" refers to only one specific variety of apple across time and space)  and save time in growing, grafting is used to propagate new apple trees!

Grafting is basically the bees' knees and is essentially connecting the cambium layers of two small trees (a 'rootstock' on the bottom and 'scion' on the top) to form one super awesome tree. So to learn a little bit more about that, here are the root stock we use at Jungs to maintain our kickin' apple lines in a northern climate.



Dwarf trees - Bud 9 (or M26 for Liberty and Enterprise)
Semi-dwarf trees - M7/Emla 7 (or Drop 13 for Snowsweet and Lodi)
Standard - Bud 118



Grafting is cool!