Multi-grafted fruit trees carry significant viral contamination risk if scion wood is shared from infected trees through casual scion exchanges; Taylor (admin of Backyard Apple Growers Facebook group) stopped grafting multi-variety trees to avoid spreading viruses to friends' trees, preferring to keep varieties segregated on separate rootstocks.
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“Once I realized how prominent viruses are in fruits like apple, and how much scion is passed around”
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Creating Multi-Grafted Fruit Trees with Sam Van Aken | The Tree of 40 Fruit (Eps 65)— Orchard PeopleCreated: 8/13/2026, 10:27:11 AM
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