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[Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 11:59 AM 02/22/2001 -0600, Donna wrote:
>The two crabs I have heard mentioned as good edibles, Chestnut
>and Caramel, are both mentioned as very disease resistant.

Hmm.  I tried grafting Chestnut crab two years in a row, with scions 
purchased from two different sources, on several different rootstocks - 
M.111, M.9, M.7, and seedlings.  Never could get a take, and I didn't 
handle it any differently from any of the other apples, on which I got >90% 
successful takes.

Lucky Pittman
USDA Zone 6
Hopkinsville, KY


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