Hurlbut Apple Scionwood

This is a twig for grafting. Late Fall. Unknown parentage. General Leonard Hurlbut intro, Winchester, CT, before 1848.

High-quality fall dessert variety. Beach calls it “moderately firm, rather fine, tender, crisp, very juicy, aromatic, mildly subacid, good to very good.” We agree. Also makes a nice loose mild pink sauce. Small-to-medium roundish and slightly oblate fruit, mostly covered with red stripes and dotted blush. With its large russet stem splash, it looks like a small Wolf River.

Quite likely one of the first varieties to be grown in central and southern Maine. Large vigorous trees. We’ve found two old ones in Waldo County. One introduced to John by local fruit explorer Bruce Brierley had collapsed to the ground decades ago and risen from the rooted branches to form a whole new tree. Keeps until early winter. Blooms early. Z4.

7860 Hurlbut

Item	Discounted From	Quantity
L 7860 A: 8" scionwood stick, 1 for $6.00
L 7860 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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