Largest apple tree I ever topworked

[Native Hunter]

This one was a whopper, and I wasn't sure if it would work out. However, after 2 years the space is almost completely closed in, and the trees is loaded with blooms this year. This was an American Summer Pearmain, and I never ate an apple off of it for several years. I could not grow the cultivar successfully in no spray. However, in the second year after topworking to Priscilla, I had several apples, and this year it appears we will have a bumper crop.

 

[TreeDaddy]

Do you have a size limit on persimmon for bark grafting?

bill

 

[KSQ2]

Did you cut the top completely off, or just add a cutting to the main trunk?

 

[KSQ2]

Do you have a size limit on persimmon for bark grafting?

bill

I’m not sure about apples, but we’ve successfully top-worked callery pears that were +8” in diameter.

Edit to say, I completely missed the persimmon part.

 

[Native Hunter]

Do you have a size limit on persimmon for bark grafting?

bill

Bill, I think 2 inches in diameter is about perfect, and I would feel good up to 4 inches. One thing with persimmons - they usually put out lots of root sprouts. If a tree was too big to topwork, you could cut it off at the ground and do one of the smaller nearby sprouts.

 

[Native Hunter]

Did you cut the top completely off, or just add a cutting to the main trunk?

I cut the top completely off and bark graft.