Pat Kiewicz wrote in
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David Hare-Scott said:
Winters_Lackey wrote:

So I cut a branch off of my Obelisk tree, and grafted it onto one of
the shoots. In the unlikely event that it takes, I'll do that with
another one. Then, at the end of the year (mid-Winter), I'll keep
the bad shoots trimmed back. My question is, is there any
likelihood at all that the graft will take?


Grafts only work between plants that are genetically close. So
apple-apple, maybe apple-pear or apple-quince but not apple-pine. I
don't know the obelisk tree, how close to an apple is it? I suspect
not at all and so there is very little or no chance of success.

I think the OP is talking about the apple variety Obelisk:

http://www.google.com/patents/USPP9060

It is a patented variety, so you aren't supposed to propagate it
without a license.


The patent expired a few months ago.

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