Today was the Home Orchard Society scion exchange. Hundreds of varieties, apples more than others but zillions of pears and grapes, as well as a few others. I brought some scion from my apple trees and another member from my area, gave away some scion to other members, and gave away the extra fig trees that I've been nurturing for the past year.
I did pick up some scions to graft, nothing major. A male fuzzy kiwi, some quince, a couple of other things I will document when they are grafted.
Overall very nice. I'm not looking to add a lot of varieties now, just fine tuning my orchard, improving where I see a chance to make things better. Still, it's a lot of fun, and I love grafting.
Plus, I bought some Bud-9 Apple rootstock. Bud-9 is very dwarfing, somewhat fireblight resistant, precocious, and hardy. I want to create some new columnar apple trees (Northpole) that are easier to maintain ar a small size. I have already grafted and planted those.
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