Craft Tree

What is a cherry tree crafted with?

Just bought 4 cherry trees, all had a big hump near the base just about the ball of dirt the trees were in. They told me at the nursery that they were crafted with a peach tree root, being the cherry tree has a weak root system. Is this true? What is a plum tree crafted with?

According to my Master Gardening Handbook–cherry to peach tree rootstock is incompatible. Usually one type of cherry is grafted onto a more satisfactory rootstock and they resist soil-borne pests, fungus, and viral pathogens. They also withstand unfavorable soil conditions: drought and soil salinity. The reason for grafting is because 99 percent of all seedling trees bear fruity inferior to that produced by the parent trees-thus cloning (grafting or budding). For a plum tree grafting the scion of the plum onto: almond, apricot, peach, and other varieties of plum.
Additionally, as a general rule, cherries don’t like “wet feet” and are susceptible to brown rot, beaterial canker, cytospora canker, root and crown rots, and several type of viruses. Trees should be planted 14 to 20 ft apart in well-drained soil and up on a small mound or berm. Sweet cherries require cross-pollination but sour cherries don’t. I have both types, and have to fight off the birds to get any fruit. The leading rootstock used in California is called COLT-which are a dwarfing rootstock so they make smaller trees (8 to 10 feet) and they bear fruit earlier.

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