Cornish Gilliflower Apple Scionwood

This is a twig for grafting. Fall. Cornwall, England, late 1700s.

High-quality heirloom dessert and cooking apple, once awarded a silver medal by the Royal Horticultural Society. Medium to large, round-conic and ribbed fruit has soft green skin, flushed and streaked with red and flecked or webbed with russet. Known for its aromatic flavor and perfumey clove-like scent. The Gilliflower moniker is thought be an alteration of the French word for cloves (girofle) and is also used to describe carnations and other flowers in the Dianthus genus, which share this aromatic scent.

Introduced to us at Scott Farm in Vermont, where you can often find these apples at the farmstand in mid to late September. Blooms mid to late season. Z4.

7828 Cornish Gilliflower

Item	Discounted From	Quantity
L 7828 A: 8" scionwood stick, 1 for $6.00
L 7828 B: scionwood by the foot (10' minimum), 1 ft for $5.50

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Additional Information

Scionwood

Scions are twigs, not trees. They have no roots and will not grow if you plant them. They are cuttings from dormant branch tips, intended for spring grafting.

We do our best to provide ¼" caliper stock. Because of factors beyond our control (such as weather!) stock may be ³⁄₁₆–³⁄₈".

We sell scionwood in two ways:

By the stick: One 8" stick will graft 3-4 trees.
By the foot: Minimum order of 10 feet per variety. For orchardists grafting large numbers of trees of a particular variety. In our own nursery work, we are usually able to graft 6-8 trees from one foot of scionwood.

You can graft right away or store scionwood for later use. It will keep quite well for several weeks stored in sealed ziplock bags in the refrigerator.

The deadline for ordering scionwood is February 21, 2025, for shipment around March 10. (Please note: we ship scionwood only in mid-March. If you would like to order rootstock to arrive in the same shipment, select mid-March shipping when adding the rootstock to your cart.)

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