Left, Sleeping eye. Middle: Standard tree. Right: Potted trees. Bottom: Bench grafts. Several types of trees are available from nurseries for planting, with costs as varied as the tree types, ranging from around $8 per tree for knipboom to $1.20 for bench grafts, without royalties. But beware of the hidden costs that are associated with growing the less expensive trees. Scott McDougall of McDougall and Sons, Wenatchee, Washington, has grown a variety of tree types through the years. He’s planted rootstocks in place to bud later in the summer, used bench-graft starts (one-year bench grafts from a nursery), and planted […]