Two winters ago a large Douglas Fir tree fell in my garden and completely demolished a Santa Rosa Plum tree. The following spring shoots appeared from the rootstock and last winter I grafted a scion of a Mirabelle De Nancy plum on to the biggest of them (and removed the rest). With a well established root network the scion has grown amazingly fast and is already 8 feet tall with many branches.
If you lose a fruit tree, watch out for shoots from the root, which is often more resilient than the cultivar. If these appear you can do as I did and graft on to them.
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