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[Joe and Ellen Hecksel <jhecksel@voyager.net>]

Gordon Nofs wrote:
> 
> Joe
>   I did not get any of your wind, and very little rain yesterday. 

We got about two inches of rain.  The wind was so strong it flattened
the cooling towers at the power plant five miles up the road.  

>But as for
> that tree I think I would sink it into the ground and let it go dormant
> using it's own reserves, then cut dormant wood. But I would also try other
> methods as well. One I would cut scion and stick some in the ground up to
> one bud. Then hope that some would callus over the winter and leaf out next
> year. I sure would protect it from varmints. Have you ever tried greenwood
> tip grafting. I could send you the info by e-mail. 

Why don't you post the directions to the group?  Roger Miller showed me
how to do greenwood tip grafting a few years ago, but I might have
forgotten something important.  I do remember him making a big deal of
wrapping the entire graft *snuggly* with plastic wrap.

>I have done it later than
> this and succeeded.
> 
> Gordon C. Nofs
> Flint, Michigan
> gc_nofs@hotmail.com
> 
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Joe and Ellen Hecksel <jhecksel@voyager.net>
> Reply-To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
> To: "nafex@yahoogroups.com" <nafex@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [nafex] Sweet 16 Seedling
> Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 18:24:14 -0400
> 
> Hello all:
> 
> We had 60 MPH (100 KPH) winds this weekend.  It shortened some of my
> trees.  The Northern Spy/M26 broke off 2" above the ground.  That tree
> was the host of a branch of a Sweet 16 open pollinated seedling.
> 
> Stuck with a bad situation, I collected bud wood and budded a couple of
> trees, although it is really late in the season to hope for much
> success.  I will hold some of the wood over and use it for dormant wood
> grafting.
> 
> I will be tickled to share some of these budsticks, especially to
> anybody in longer season areas.  I am afraid that I will lose the
> selection because of the late season.
> 
> Seedling similar to Sweet 16 in flavor profile.  Skin is less colored
> and less susceptible to russet.  Size is slightly (1/2" to 1/4") smaller
> than Sweet 16.  Shape is flatter.  Flesh color is darker.  This
> selection ripens about 10 days later than Sweet 16.  Growth habit
> appears to be more spurry than Sweet 16.  Seedling was selected out of a
> bed of seedlings on the basis of foliage health....free from scab,
> mildew, and general yuckiness.  On the downside, Plum Curculio seem to
> prefer this fruit to all others.
> 
> Best regards, Joe
> 
> --
> 
>                                      -Joe Hecksel
>                                       Eaton Rapids, Michigan
>                                       http://my.voyager.net/~jhecksel
> 
> I fish because I love to;
> because I love the environs where trout are found,
> which are invariably beautiful
> ... because trout do not lie or cheat
> and cannot be bought or bribed
> or impressed by power,
> but respond only to
> quietude
> and humility
> and endless patience...
> 
> -John Voelker (aka Robert Traver)
> 
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                                    -Joe Hecksel
                                     Eaton Rapids, Michigan
                                     http://my.voyager.net/~jhecksel

I fish because I love to; 
because I love the environs where trout are found, 
which are invariably beautiful
... because trout do not lie or cheat 
and cannot be bought or bribed 
or impressed by power, 
but respond only to 
quietude 
and humility 
and endless patience... 

-John Voelker (aka Robert Traver)

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