Interesting..I had no idea that was possible either..the peach/nectarine trees I'm growing have come from pits.

maybe he has some secret..you should ask him.

He doesn't speak much English, He's oriental, but don't know what country.

HoNestly, if it is that easy, everyone would have done so long before your neighbor did. There must be somethinfg else to it.

The people down on the corner from me started willows from whips 2 years ago. this was the same process. I'll try to get someone to get a pic for me.

Actually it is close to that easy, easier if you use rooting hormones. You can also do tip layering. Most Prunus root quite dependably. Most peaches are grafted commercially using special root stocks to provide a more robust plant. In common with a number of other woody plants many of the best fruiting varieties do not root out so well. You can also get a real jump in numbers by having root stock pre-grown. With a relatively small amount of scion wood you can graft quite an orchard full in short order, saving perhaps years off either seedling or cutting propagation.

I'm 82 and learning something new every day. I did successfully graft a tree peony once. It only took 22 tries. I still have it.