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[Sarah Kehler Ewing <skkewing@yahoo.com>]

I'm wondering if anyone would care to share their insight into the reason 
they graft at a chosen height.  

When I took my grafting classes, we bud grafted just above the original level 
of the dirt so that the graft union would be just above the ground when the 
rootstock was planted out in the field.  However, I've bought fruit trees 
from a nursery in Nova Scotia and their trees were budded a good 8" up the 
trunk! 

Thanks,

Sarah
zone 3 (can be -40F with no snow cover)
Edmonton, AB