That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to ...

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If you're growing fruit trees, then harvesting the (literal) fruits of your labor is the most exciting part. To speed that ...

Contemporary artist Sam Van Aken is bringing the “Tree of 40 Fruit” to Temple University’s main campus in Philadelphia. This ...

Artist Sam Van Aken's 'Tree of 40 Fruit' uses grafting to create wonder but also to preserve regional agricultural traditions ...

So far, it's made up of 15 kinds of fruit trees, including six types ... where he takes a small section of a tree and grafts it onto a the root system of an established tree.

If you want to grow a fruit tree but don't have the yard space for it, your patio may actually have enough real estate to do ...

It's much easier to amend and improve the soil before you plant than try to remedy the situation after your fruit trees start ...

Instead, a young branch from a fully grown fruit tree (a scion) is grafted to the young trunk of a completely unrelated tree (root stock) known to be particularly disease-resistant or weather ...

Apple trees aren’t easy to grow because they need consistent care, including precisely timed spraying and pruning, to ...

If you’ve recently purchased a fruit or nut tree — or if you ... and attach it to the base of another tree that will provide a root system. The cuttings being propagated are called scion ...