Vol. 38

Title:
STRANGE GRAFTS I HAVE KNOWN

Author:
Charles E. Tubesing

pp: 184-186

Abstract:
Because grafting involves living organisms, it is not too surprising that there are as many exceptions regarding compatible stock/scion combinations as there are rules. For instance, in most cases a cultivar of a particular species will flourish when grafted onto a seedling of the same species, but there are examples, such as Acer rubrum cultivars and Quercus palustris ‘Sovereign’, where grafting onto the species can result in eventual failure of the union resulting from delayed incompatibility. There are many documented cases of graft compatibility between species in the same genus, and a smaller number of successful grafts recorded between members of different genera within the same family. The success of these less closely related combinations offers sufficient encouragement for propagators to continue trying to use more common, readily available species as rootstocks when confronted with unfamiliar species or cultivars to be propagated. In my career, I have encountered several

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