Friday, August 30, 2019

We are taking appointments for picking no-spray apples and pears this weekend.  Please text or call Rick at 9138936050 with your time (we take a family or two every 15 minutes) and number of vehicles.  We are doing 9 to 5 Sat and 12 to 5 on Sunday.

Friday, January 25, 2019

2019 Spring Bench Grafts

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Benchgrafts are freshly grafted trees.  We take roots from a nursery and combine them with a small stick of an existing apple variety.  This essentially gives you a clone of your tree. Apples do not grow true from seed.   In an open pollinated orchard the only thing you can be sure of is who the mother was (the blossom).  The father (pollen) could have been brought in from any tree by a bee or even the wind.

Please keep in mind that this is the least costly way to get the type of tree you want but it does require a bit more effort and time.  Most benchgrafts arrive in the one to two foot length range and will be about ¼” wide.  If you are in an area with a rodent or deer problem you may want to cage them. The “scion” wood above the graft needs to not be bumped until the graft wound has healed.  The wound will look like a tongue and groove union and will be covered in wax.  The wax need not be removed.  It keeps the wood from drying out and keeps disease from entering the graft site.  It will crack away with the tree’s growth.  
 
Many benchgrafts will grow rapidly (depends on variety, but many have high vigor) and if they exceed three or four feet by late August we suggest making your first prune at that time to encourage side growth.  We prune to what we call the “triple three method”  every three feet we prune to approximately three equally spaced side branches.  It doesn’t have to be perfect but it’s something to shoot for.  A 45 to 60 degree angle of your branches down from the trunk is ideal for fruit bearing.  Too high and the bark gets trapped in the crouch and too low will encourage “water sprouts”, or branches secondary branches that grow vertical and have low fruit production.      

If you are researching for local apples we would suggest getting on Google Books or other archives for your local horticultural notes.  Most areas had a horticultural society or pomological club that kept notes on what grew well – these organizations were common in the late 1800s and early 1900s in almost every state if not every populated county.



$12/benchgrafted tree 10 tree minimum, we absorb taxes and shipping/handling.  Make checks out to Wagon Wheel Orchard and mail with a summary of your request plus plenty of alternate choices.  Please give us several alternates or we will have to cancel your request, nature decides what is available.



We can also custom graft for you from an apple or pear tree (50 tree minimum for pears) you would like to preserve or propagate.  We just need sticks harvested from last year’s growth, basically the ends of branches about the size of a pencil taken during the winter. Please place them in a sealed plastic bag with a damp paper towel and place in your refrigerator.   Mail them in a bubble type envelope to us, same pricing applies.  $12 a tree, 10 tree minimum.    For the fastest response please text Rick at 913-893-6050 if you have questions.  Giving out benchgrafts from Grandma’s old apple tree is a very cool gift!


Mail to: Wagon Wheel Orchard 15380 Edgerton Rd Gardner KS 66030.  

We will be grafting apples primarily on M111 (semi standard 85%).  We will only be grafting pears in 2019 if we get over 100 trees ordered - Pears on OHxF87.

Grafting begins as soon as rootstock can be shipped to us without a freeze danger and shipping out goes from March through June depending on location and weather.

Please note the list below is a master list of several  scion wood sources – we will not graft patented varieties.  Please check your local regulations when ordering. 

Varieties with an asterisk are in short supply and go quickly.


Adam's Pearmain
Airlies Red Flesh
Akane
Akero
Albion Russet
Alexander 
Almata 
Almond 
Ambrosia 
Amere de Berthcourt 
American Beauty 
American Pippin aka Grindstone 
Amsib 
Anaros 
Anise Russet aka Fenouillet Gris * 
Anna 
Annie Elizabeth 
Anoka 
Api Etoile 
Apricot * 
Arkansas Black 
Arkansas Black Spur 
Arkcharm 
Arlet 
Arlies Red Flesh 
Aroma 
Ashmead's Kernel 
Ashton Bitter 
Atlas 
Aunt Rachel 
Autumn Arctic * 
Autumn Crisp 
Auvil Early Fuji 
Bailey Sweet 
Baldwin 
Banana, Dodd's 
Bancroft 
Barry 
Beacon 
Beaumann Rennette 
Beautiful Arcade 
Bell De Boskoop 
Belmont aka Waxen 
Ben Davis 
Benoni 
Benton Red 
Bill's Red Flesh 
Billy Bound 
Binet Blanc 
Black Amish * 
Black Gilliflower 
Black Limbertwig 
Black Oxford * 
Blacktwig 
Blenheim Orange 
Blondee 
Bloody Ploughman 
Blue Pearmain 
Blushing Golden * 
Bohnapfel 
Bonnie Best 
Bortlinger * 
Boskoop 
Braeburn * 
Bramley's Seedling 
Bramtot 
Breaky 
Brettacher 
Briggs Auburn 
Brock * 
Brown Snout 
Brushy Mtn Limbertwig 
Buckhorn Canyon * 
Buckingham * 
Buckley Giant 
Buford Red Flesh 
Burgandy 
Bush East 
Calville Blanc d Hiver 
Cameo 
Campfield 
Canada Reinette * 
Canadian Strawberry 
Candy Crisp 
Candy Stripe 
Caney Fork Limbertwig 
Carolina Pippin 
Carters Blue * 
Caville Blanc D’hiver 
Centennial 
Champlain 
Charette 
Chautauqua * 
Cheese of Pennsylvania * 
Chehalis 
Chenango Strawberry 
Cherry Cox 
Chesapeake 
Chestnut 
Chestnut Crab 
Chieftan 
Chisel Jersey 
Christmas Pearmain 
Cinnamon Spice 
Clay Pot 
Claygate Pearmain 
Coconut Crunch 
Coe's Golden Drop 
Coles Quince 
Collins 
Comfort 
Connel Red 
Co-Op 12 * 
Co-Op 8 * 
Coopers Market 
Coos River beauty * 
Corail aka Pinova 
Cora's Grand Greening 
Cornish Gilliflower * 
Cort Pendu Plat 
Cortland 
Cortland spur * 
Cox Cherry Pippin 
Cox Orange Pippin 
Cranberry Pippin 
Crimeson Spire 
Crimson Gold * 
Crimson King * 
Crimson Spire * 
Criterion 
Crown Jewel 
Crown Prince Rudolph 
Dabinette 
Dakota Gold 
Dandee Red 
Darcy Spice 
Davey 
Dayton 
Deacon Jones 
Deane 
Delcon 
Delicates 
Delightabite 
Devonshire Quarrendon * 
Dodd's Banana 
Dolgo Crab 
Double Red Duchess 
Dougs Delicious 
Duchess of Oldenburg 
Dudley aka North Star 
Dudley Winter 
Dunning 
Dyer aka Golden Spice 
Earliest 
Early Cortland 
Early Gold 
Early Grannie 
Early Harvest 
Early Joe 
Early Russet 
Early Strawberry 
Eastman Sweet 
Edward VII 
Egremont Russet 
Einsheimer 
Elliot 
Ellis Bitter 
Ellison Orange 
Elstar 
Emerald Spire 
Empire 
Empress 
Empress Spur Golden Delicious 
Enigma 
Enterprise 
Erwin Bauer 
Esopus Spitzenberg 
Eve 
Eves Delight 
Falawater Pippin 
Fall Harvey 
Fall Limbertwig 
Fall Russet 
Fallawater Pippin 
False Chisel 
False Major 
Fameuse aka Snow 
Fenouillet Gris aka Anise Russet 
Fiesta 
Fireside 
Fletcher Sweet 
Florina 
Fortune * 
Fox 
Foxwhelp 
Franklin 
Freedom 
Fresh Candy (Rick Godsil III's) 
Freyberg 
Frostbite 
Frostproof 
Fuji 
Fuji Yataka 
Fukonishiki 
Gala 
Galaxy 
Gale Gala 
Gallen 
Garden Royale 
Garland 
Geneva Early 
Geneva Red * 
Gewurzluiken 
Gideon 
Gilliflower 
Gilpin 
Ginger Gold 
Glenton 
Glori Mundi 
Gloster 
Glowing Heart 
Gold Ball 
Gold Gelb 
Gold Rush 
Gold spice 
Golden Ball 
Golden Delicious 
Golden Fortune 
Golden Noble 
Golden Pearmain 
Golden Pippin 
Golden Russet 
Golden Spice aka Dyer 
Golden Supreme 
Golden Sweet 
Goldrush 
Goodland 
Goof 
Grahm Spy 
Grandma Greuel's Crabapple (best for jelly) 
Granite Beauty * 
Graniwinkle 
Granny Smith 
Gravenstein 
Gray Pearmain * 
Green Newtown Pippin 
Green Sleeves 
Green Sweet 
Grimes Golden 
Grindstone aka American Pippin * 
Grosse Mouche * 
Haas 
Hadlock Reinette 
Hall 
Haralson * 
Harcourt 
Hardy Cumberland 
Harold's Large 
Harrison 
Hawaii 
Hawkeye Org. Delicious 
Hayford 
Hazen * 
Henry Luce crabapple 
Herring's Pippin 
Heyer 20 
Hibernal 
Hidden Rose 
High Top Sweet 
Himakami * 
Holiday 
Hollow Log * 
Holstein 
Honey Cider 
Honey Crab * 
Honey Gold 
Honey Sweet aka Honey Cider 
Honeycrisp * 
Hooples Antique Gold 
Howgate Wonder 
Hubbardston Nonesuch 
Hudson's Golden Gem 
Hunt Russet 
Hurlbut 
Hyde King 
Idared 
Incarnation 
Ingram 
Ingrid Marie 
Irish Peach 
Iron Bridge 
Island Dream * 
Islar Rose 
Itzstedster Apfel 
Ivory's Double Vigor 
James Grieves 
Jean 
Jefferis 
Jenner Sweet 
Jersey Mac 
Jersey Red 
Jersey Sweet 
Jewett Red aka Nodhead 
Jims Delicious 
Jonadel 
Jonafree 
Jonagold 
Jonagram 
Jonagrimes 
Jonalicious 
Jonamac 
Jonathan * 
Jonwin 
Jubilee 
July Red 
July Tart * 
Junaluska 
June Wealthy 
Jupiter * 
Kanab Sweet * 
Kandil Sinap 
Kanipe red flesh 
Kardinal Bea 
Karmije De Sonnaville 
Karminjn * 
Katja * 
Keegan's Crab 
Keener Seedling 
Keepsake 
Kent 
Kerry Pippin 
Kerry's Irish Pippin 
Keystone 
Kidds Orange 
Kidds Orange Red 
King 
King David 
King Luscious * 
King of Tompkins County 
Kingsmere 
Kingston Black 
Kinsei 
Knobbed Russet 
Kogetsu 
Koidu Reinette 
Lady 
Lady Sweet 
Lady Williams 
Lady-Api 
Ladyfinger 
Lakeland 
Laking 
Lamb Abbey Pearmain 
Late Strawberry 
Laurared 
Legace 
Leitzke Seedling 
Liberty 
Lincolnville Russet 
Linsay Russet 
Little Jewel * 
Lobo 
Lodi 
Loop Russet 
Loop Russet Baldwin 
Lords Seedling 
Lowland Raspberry 
Lubsk Queen * 
Lymonds Large Summer 
Lyscom 
Lysgolden 
Macfree 
Macoun 
Maiden Blush 
Maigold * 
Major 
Malinda 
Mammoth Black Twig 
Mancurian Crab 
Manitoba Spy * 
Mantet 
Margil 
Marigold 
Marin Onfroy 
Marlboro 
Marlin Stephens 
Marshall McIntosh 
May * 
May Queen * 
McGhee's Seedling 
McIntosh 
McIntosh Improved 
McIntosh Spur 
McLellan 
Medaille d'Or 
Melba 
Melrose 
Mertons Russet 
Michaelmas Red 
Michelin 
Milden 
Milo Gibson 
Milton 
Milwaukee 
Minister 
Minkler Molasses 
Minnesota 1606 
Minnesota 1734 
Missouri Pippin 
Mollies Delicious 
Mom's Red 
Moore's Sweet 
Morden 359 * 
Morden 363 * 
Morning Star 
Moses Wood 
Mother * 
Mountain Boomer 
Mountain Rose 
Muscadet De Dieppe * 
Muster 
Mutsu 
Myer's Royal Limbertwig 
N.J. 99 
N.W Greening 
Nehou 
New Brunswicker 
New Hampshire 9 * 
Newt Grindle * 
Newtown Pippin 
Newtown Spitz 
Niagara 
Nickajack 
Niedwetzkyana 
Nipissing 
Nittany 
Nodhead aka Jewett Red 
Noel 
Norkent 
Norland * 
Norson 
North Star aka Dudley 
Northern Lights 
Northern Spy 
Northfield Beauty 
Northpole 
Northstar King 
Nortons Melon 
Nova Easy Gro 
Nova Spy 
Novamac 
November Peach 
Nutmeg 
Nutting Bumpus 
Oakland City Seek No Further 
Old Cortland 
Old Fashioned Red Delicious 
Old Non pareill 
Oliver 
Oneida 
Opalescent 
Orange Sweet 
Orenco 
Orin 
Oriole * 
Orleans Reinette 
Ortley 
Oxheart Pippin 
Ozark Gold 
P.R. John 
P22R 77-66 
Pacific Gala 
Palmer greening 
Palouse 
Parkland 
Party Doll 
Pasha 
Paulared 
Paw Paw Sweet 
Peace garden 
Pear Anjou 
Pear Asian Chojoro 
Pear Asian Hosui 
Pear Asian Korean Giant * 
Pear Asian Nijiseiki * 
Pear Asian Seuri 
Pear Asian Shinko 
Pear Asian Shinseiki 
Pear Ayers 
Pear Bartlett 
Pear Best Ever 
Pear Blakes Pride 
Pear Bon Chretien Dhiver 
Pear Bosc 
Pear Clapps Favorite 
Pear Clapp's Favorite, Red 
Pear Collette 
Pear Columbia 
Pear Comice 
Pear Comptesse Clara Frijs 
Pear Concord * 
Pear Conference 
Pear Crisp-N-Sweet 
Pear Des Urbanistes 
Pear Douglas 
Pear Doyenne Gris 
Pear Flemish Beauty 
Pear Franklin 
Pear German A 
Pear German C-Tree Ripe 
Pear Golden Spice 
Pear Gorham 
Pear Green Jade 
Pear Haileys Red 
Pear Harrow 604 
Pear Harrow 609 
Pear Harrow Delight 
Pear Harrow Sweet 
Pear Harvest Sweet 
Pear Highland * 
Pear Honeysweet 
Pear Japanese Golden Russet 
Pear Jarve Seemik * 
Pear Jumbo 
Pear June Sugar aka Early Seckel 
Pear Kaspers Winter 
Pear Keiffer 
Pear Kogetsu 
Pear Lincoln 
Pear Luscious 
Pear Magness 
Pear Maxine 
Pear Nova 
Pear Olympia 
Pear Orcas 
Pear Parker 
Pear Patten 
Pear Pineapple Pear 
Pear Potomac 
Pear Rescue 
Pear Rotkottis Frau Ostergotland 
Pear Santa Claus 
Pear Seckel 
Pear Sheldon 
Pear Siberian 
Pear Southworth * 
Pear Spartlett 
Pear Stacyville 
Pear Sugar Pear 
Pear Summer Crisp 
Pear Superfin 
Pear Tayton Squash 
Pear Treasure * 
Pear Tyson 
Pear Ubileen * 
Pear Ure 
Pear Vermont Beauty 
Pear Winter Nelis * 
Pear Ya Gi 
Pear-apple cross 
Perrine Yellow Transparent 
Pewaukee 
Pfirsichroter Sommerapfel * 
Pigeonette 
Pink Delight 
Pink Lady 
Pink Old Lady 
Pink Parfait 
Pink Pearl 
Pink Princess * 
Pink Sparkle * 
Pink Sugar 
Pinova 
Pinova aka Corail 
Pionier aka Pionieer aka CHMP92 
Piotash 
Pitmaston Pineapple 
Pixie Crunch 
Plum Cider 
Polly Eades 
Pomme d'Or 
Pomme Gris 
Porter 
Porter's Perfection 
Pound Sweet 
Prairie Fire Crab 
Prairie Spy 
Priam 
Priestly 
Prima 
Primrose * 
Priscilla 
Pristine * 
Prussian 
Pumpkin Russet 
Pumpkin Sweet 
Quebec Belle 
Queen Cox 
Quinte 
Radoux 
Ralls Genet 
Ralls Janett 
Ramsdell Sweet 
Raven 
Razor Russet 
Rebella 
Red Astrachan 
Red Baron 
Red Blaze 
Red Butterscotch 
Red Cortland 
Red Giant Crab 
Red Gold 
Red Gravenstein 
Red Hook 
Red Horse 
Red June 
Red Limbertwig 
Red McIntosh 
Red Melba 
Red Ribston 
Red Ribstone 
Red Rome 
Red Russet 
Red Sheepnose 
Red St. Lawrence 
Red Stayman Winesap 
Redfield 
Redfree 
Redmax 
Redvein Crab 
Redwell 
Regent 
Reine des Pommes 
Reine des Reinettes * 
Reinette Gris * 
Reinette Simirenko 
Remo 
Reverand Morgan 
Rhode Island Greening * 
Ribston Pippin 
Richards Graft 
Rivers Early Peach (this is an apple) 
Rolfe 
Roman Stem 
Rome 
Rosemary Russet 
Ross Nonpareil 
Rosthern 18 * 
Roxbury Russet 
Royal Gala * 
Royal Limbertwig 
Rubinette 
Russell's Russet 
Russet Baldwin 
Russet Red 
Rusty Coat * 
Salome 
Sam Young 
Sand Hill 
Sandow 
Sansa 
Saxton Fallstrip 
Sayaka 
scarlet crofton 
Scarlet Gala 
Scarlet O'Hara * 
Scarlet Pimpernal 
Scarlet Spire * 
Scarlet Surprise 
Scott's Winter 
Scotty's Prolific 
Secor 
Seedling Leitzke * 
Seestermuher Zitronapfel 
Sekai Ichi 
Semerinko 
Senshu 
September Ruby 
Shamrock 
Sharon 
Shay 
Sheepnose * 
Shenandoah 
Sheriff 
Sherry 
Shinassee Beauty 
Siberian Crab 
Sidrunkollane Talioun 
Sierra Beauty 
Silken 
Simerenko 
Sinta 
Sir Prize * 
Smokehouse 
Smoky Mountain Limbertwig * 
Smoothee 
Snow aka Fameuse * 
SnowSweet 
Somerset of Maine 
Somerset Red Streak 
Sops of Wine 
South Dakota Bison 
Spartan 
Spatbluhender 
Spencer 
Spice of Old Va 
Spice Russet 
Spice Sweet 
Spigold 
Spitzenberg 
Spitzenburg 
Splendor 
Spokane Beauty 
Spur McIntosh 
Spur Redgold 
Spygold 
St. Edmunds Pippin 
St. Edmunds Russet 
St. Lawrence 
St. Martin 
Stark 
Starkey 
Starr * 
Starsong 
State Fair 
Stayman Winesap 
Stellar 
Sterling 
Stokes Red * 
Stone 
Strawberry Parfait 
Striped Beauty Crab 
Striped Harvey 
Stronghold 
Stump 
Suiki 
Summer Champion 
Summer Limbertwig 
Summer Orange 
Summer Pearmain 
Summer Rambo 
Summer Rose 
Summer Scarlet 
Summer Set of Main 
Summer Song 
Summer Sweeting 
Summer Treat 
Summerglo 
Sun Crisp 
Sun Tan 
Suncrisp * 
Sundance 
Sundowner 
Sunrise 
Sunset 
Sunshower 
Surprise 
Sutton Beauty 
Swaar 
Swayzie 
Sweet 16 
Sweet Alford 
Sweet Bough 
Sweet Caroline 
Sweet Greening aka Tillman Sweet 
Sweet King 
Sweet Red 
Sweet Sal 
Sweet 16
Sweet Sixteen 
Sweet Winesap 
Sweet Yellow Crab 
Swiss Gourmet 
Swiss Limbertwig 
Tater House * 
Tetosfske 
Theilen 
Thompson * 
Thornberry Crab 
Tillman Sweet aka Sweet Greening 
Tioga 
Titus Pippins 
Toka 
Tolman Sweet 
Tom Putt 
Tompkins County King 
Tony Mac 
Topaz 
Trailman 
Tremblett's Bitter * 
Tumanga 
Turley Winesap 
Twenty Ounce Pippin 
Tydemans Early 
Tydemans Early Worcester * 
Tydemans Late Orange 
Tydeman's Red 
Uralian Butter 
Utter 
Van Hoy No Core 
Vandevere 
Vern's Red 
Victoria Sweet 
Viking 
Vilberie 
Virginia Beauty 
Virginia Gold 
Virginia Winesap 
Vista Bella 
Von Zuccalmaglios Reinette 
Wagener 
Washed Russet 
Washington Strawberry 
Washington Sweet 
Waxen aka Belmont 
Wealthy 
Wedge 
Westfield Seek No Further 
Westland * 
White Pippin 
White Winter Pearmain * 
Whitney Crab * 
Wickson 
Williams Favorite 
Williams Pride * 
Wilson Juicy 
Winekist 
Winesap 
Winston 
Winter Banana * 
Winter Paradise * 
Winter Sweet Russet 
Winter Sweeting
Winthrop Greening 
Wismers Dessert * 
Witos 
Wodarz 
Wolf River 
WolfRiver 1881 
Woodack 
Woodward 
Worcester Pearmain 
Wrixparent 
Wynoochee Early 
Xanthocarpa 
Yarlington Mill 
Yarwood Crab 
Yataka Fuji 
Yeager Sweet 
Yellow Bellflower 
Yellow Delicious 
Yellow Jay 
Yellow Newton Pippin 
Yellow Sheepnose 
Yellow Transparent 
York 
Young America 
Zabergau