The value of rootstock
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Rootstock is the lower part of a plant multiplied using the grafting technique.
A grafted variety is obtained from the union of two plants: the lower one (the rootstock) provides the root and a part of the stem, the upper part is the foliage.
For plums and apricots, the best rootstock is the cherry-plum, a tree originally from the Caucasus and introduced to Europe in pre-Roman times, known also as myrobalan plum.
In the Riviera, peach trees yield the best results on the GF677 (peach-almond hybrid).
Apple, pear and cherry trees are grafted onto the “franco” rootstock (a tree from the seed of the same species of fruit as the one we want to graft).
