Cuttings/ grafts from fruit trees?

[quince2figs]

We have a very large garden, which is mainly wilderness, but has quite a few lovely fruit trees we put in 15 years ago when moving here.
We will be moving to somewhere with a smaller garden this year .... considering an allotment if needs be.
I won’t miss the stress of trying to get on top of the garden whilst working full-time and parenting! I am rather attached to the trees though - far too big to move them.

Is it possible for a beginner to take grafts from my quince/greengage/ morello Cherry/ Apple/pears? I know fruit trees are fairly cheap and could buy new - just would like to take a bit of the old garden with us. Similar for a Christmas tree ?Nordmann Fir that has maturedfrom a tiny plant to 10-12 ft.

Apples are fairly easy to graft, if you cut the scions at the right time of year and have the rootstock ready. I would assume pear also, since they are usually grafted. I'm not sure whether quince are usually grafted, although it's used as rootstock for pears.

You can take softwood cuttings from apples at this time of year - I know this because I looked it up myself about three days ago!

Quince will air layer, and you can do that now as well.

Don't know about the others.

Quince will air layer, and you can do that now as well. They may work as cuttings too - I took a cutting of a sucker of the quince that my pear tree had been grafted on.

You may have to prepare for a larger tree if you take cuttings of apples - they are usually grated on to a dwarfing rootstock to limit the overall tree size.

Thank you both. What do I do with a cutting?

This gives a good description:
www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?pid=307

Thanks - will give it a go!