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["dwalsh/wchase" <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>]

I hope you're a young man, Tom, because to plant an apple seed and then at 
about
one or two years to graft on a scion, then to wait a minimum of seven years 
for
the tree to fruit ... you'd need to be young and very patient.

Realistically, as an amateur, it would probably be about twelve years before 
you
saw a fruit and then there's a big likelihood that the squirrels or racoons or
bears will get there before you!!

Also, you'll need a lot of acres to grow your big seedling trees, and ladders 
to
pick the apples

Better to buy dwarf rootstock at about $1 each, graft that season and see 
fruit in
two years if lucky .. more likely four years.

Cheers,

Derry

Derry Walsh & Bill Chase  email:wchase@interchange.ubc.ca
Aldergrove,  B. C.,  Canada
phone/fax (604) 856-9316
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----- Original Message -----
From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
To: <nafex@egroups.com>
Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 5:17 AM
Subject: Re: [nafex] Re: grafting trials


: Hello,
:
: Quick question...  Do you grow your rootstock from seed?  If so, does
: anyone sell prepared apple seed, ready for planting in Canada?
:
: Regards,
: Tom
: --
: Thomas Olenio
: Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6a
:
: On Sun, 28 May 2000, Dan & Marilyn Mason wrote:
:
: > I could never get consistent results from bench grafting my own
: > seedling rootstocks, but noticed that almost every one of my
: > grafts to established, undisturbed, trees would take. Now, I just
: > graft my seedling rootstocks where they were grown in the garden.
:
:
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