That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree. From citrus to peaches, almost all fruit trees are grafted, and so are pecans. Some ...

Bark grafting is a type of grafting technique used to join a scion (the top portion of a plant that will produce the desired fruit or flowers) to a rootstock (the bottom portion of a plant that ...

Ragged bark from a wound can hamper even the healthiest ... Since the tree roots are the last to die, a repair graft (bridge graft) can often save the tree. This graft literally creates a bridge ...

You might see a faint scar where two slightly different shades or textures of bark meet. That scar is an artifact of a process called grafting, or fusing two separate pieces of wood into a new tree.