Ouch At my 1.5% grafting rate that would come out to $175 per tree.

That's my problem also, my low rate of takes makes this an expensive way (too expensive for me) to learn bud grafting. In one email I pointed out to Rock Christiano (at the CCPP) that this is not a good way to encourage the use of virus free budwood.

I haven't received any answer from him either confirming or disavowing the price increase.

Poncirusguy, if you're in California, could you check to see if you get the same price.

I just looked at the website, looks like it still says $0.75. didn't try ordering though. https://citrusvariety.ucr.edu/budwood_standard.html

I just tried ordering with a different name and address (in California) and came up with the same $1.50 price per bud... I didn't submit the order. It's interesting that I haven't been able to find the per bud price anywhere without going through the order price. This is different from the old version of the CCPP website where it was up front and easy to determine.

I live in Cincinnati, Oh

Nil13, I saw that and mentioned it in my first email to Rock Christiano (CCPP), but he hasn't answered. I'm hoping that whoever redesigned the website made a mistake and the price you saw is still the actual price. You might try going through an order until you see the price. You can back out of the order at that point, without submitting it, that's what I did.

Perhaps a few more emails (from other persons) would attract an answer. I'm going to try once more in case Rock Christiano is on vacation.

Riverside county, where the CCPP collection is housed, is under quarantine for Huanglong disease, This may be affecting the availability or price of budwood.