Grafting, as my grandfather did it
budding · planted 2023-06 · tended 2026-08
Grandfather grafted in April, with a knife he sharpened on the doorstep and tape from an old cassette. Cleft graft, two scions per branch "in case one is lazy". Half the trees in the yard are his grafts on wild stock from the hills.
Still to write: which variety came from where. Granny remembers; I need to sit with her with a notebook. See On apricots and patience.