a few people asked me "how thick are the scions?". So each tree has different sized scions and different growth habbits. i primarily am looking for bud swell like mark mentioned and some minimum hardening off of the wood. The scioon wood is higher quality in February. But theres decent wood right now if you know what you are doing with it, its going to work fine. it will need to be kept out of the heat. If you live somewhere super hot then you will need to protect the grafts from the heat. the thickness of the scions I always try and get bigger than a pencil size. Its not really up to me though, I have only what the tree has on them so its not easy to answer your question. You will need to trust that I will only sell you scionwood I would myself be able to use to graft with. thats really what I look for when selecting scion wood.
thanks!