Getting a fruit tree

I had read that the California Rare Fruit Growers (http://www.crfg.org/) Annual Scion Exchange was happening this weekend right in my neighborhood so I decided now was the time to get my own fruit salad tree (http://www.groworganic.com/multi-grafted-fruit-salad-semi-dwarf.html).  That is a tree that has multiple types of fruit trees grafted onto one rootstock. You can graft nectarines, peaches, cherries, pluots, plums, and apricots onto the same rootstock. This event brings together lots of local fruit growers who bring scion wood to exchange. That is basically clippings from their own trees that they are pruning off anyway.  All the scion wood is free after your $5 entry fee. They also were selling a limited amount of rootstock to graft onto. Definitely great for me because I don’t have any fruit trees yet. I didn’t realize how limited. The event was very popular.

Madhouse!

So I was at the event just minutes after the doors opened and they ran out of plum rootstock right away. Boo. I’m going to have to go another route to start my own orchard. I’ve been eying the catalog for Peaceful Valley Farm Supply.  I’m going to order a multi-graft pluot so that I will have a tree to graft onto next year when the scion exchange comes around.

Here’s the one I want. http://www.groworganic.com/multi-grafted-constant-harvest-pluot-standard-no-1-size.html

It should be great.