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Originally Posted by Ekka  |
There is a pic of by-pass secateurs in this link posted by Ekka....and a bit of an explanation of the types in 'Design'...thats the type to get.
Wiki also has a pic of a graft...and an explanation.
Grafting - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The peach trees sold in nurseries are named cultivars which are grafted onto a suitable rootstock, and mostly sold as bare-rooted (or occasionally potted). Just to clarify...this is not a plant you raised yourself from seed is it......???
If that the case then will be NO graft, of course...but beware, seed grown plants will totally unreliable and ...dare i say it...a waste of time and space.
Anyway, in my experience the graft will be fairly obvious... a sort of scarred area low on the trunk (above the crown), sometimes its still wrapped when you purchase a plant ... sometimes not.
Its usually horizonal to the stem, and less often a V notch. It can be for the first few years a point of weakness...(another pro for staking).
The pic (first one) is good but yours appears to be a smaller spec than the pic...but, in principle, it should look something fairly similar.
Hope this helps.