The vast majority grafts this Spring worked fine. The apple - on - apple were all successes, except for Pristine on Geveva 222.
Pears on odd rootstocks generally didn't work out. It looks like Bartlet-type on Chinese Haw will be OK. The same pear on Serviceberry, Bud-9 with Winter Banana Apple, or Aronia, did not take.
I grafted 3 chestnuts cultivars onto the Marisard seedling. It may be too soon to know, because there might be delayed graft failure. They all grew. When I unwrapped Marivale, it still looked OK, but when I unwrapped Marigoule, the graft fell off even though there was a foot of healthy looking growth.
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| Cleft Graft of Small Pristine Graft, onto Geneva 222. There was good growth, but it fell apart when unwrapped. 7.11.2020 |
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| Whip & Tongue Graft Marigoule Chestnut onto Marissard Seedling Chestnut. It grew well but fell apart when unwrapped. 7.11.2020 |
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| Whip and Tongue Graft of Marivale onto Marissard Chestnut Seedling. Looks OK. 7.11.2020 |
