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  • From: Lucky Pittman <Lucky.Pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
  • Subject: [nafex] Re: chestnut crab
  • Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2001 13:24:49 -0600

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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