The Art of Grafting: Preserving Fruit Varieties with Lon Rombough @foodfarmerearth
The Art of Grafting: Preserving Fruit Varieties with Lon Rombough  @foodfarmerearth
Uploaded January 2018 | Updated September 2026, 1 day ago
Lon Rombough explains the significance of grafting as a vital technique for reproducing specific fruit varieties, a method crucial for maintaining the genetic identity of cultivated fruits. He demonstrates a bark grafting technique, emphasizing its role in "top working" to modify existing trees rather than replace them, showcasing how grafting can yield fruiting branches of a new variety on an established tree.

Author of the seminal book, The Grape Grower: A Guide to Organic Viticulture, shares some of his extensive knowledge about grafting fruit trees. In this video, Rombough explains what grafting is and focuses on the many benefits of this form of reproduction.

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