Graft chimeras

thumb|A pomato (sold as TomTato) in a store display

thumb|250px|right| The small tree +Laburnocytisus 'Adamii'|+Laburnocytisus 'Adamii' is a spectacular example of a graft-chimaera In horticulture, a graft-chimaera may arise in grafting at the point of contact between rootstock and scion and will have properties intermediate between those of its "parents". Unlike graft hybrids, a graft-chimaera is not a true hybrid but a mixture of cells, each with the genotype of one of its "parents": it is a chimaera. Hence, the once widely used term "graft-hybrid" is no longer regarded as suitable for a graft-chimaera.

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fruit tree with 40 grafted Prunus varieties by Sam Van Aken on Syracuse University campus

thumb|upright|Citrus aurantium bizzarria. Drawing; A.Poiteau 1811, watercolor; D.Del Pino 1821

graft-chimera