This technique joins young fruiting wood to an established, much thicker trunk or branch. The grafter makes a vertical slit in the rootstock bark, peels it back, and slides the tapered scion underneath so the cambium layers touch. It is heavily used in topworking older orchards to switch varieties without replanting.
Heard on the job
We'll do some rind grafting on these old apple trees to switch them over to Honeycrisp.
Also heard as
- bark grafting