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

Hi Del:

It looks like a very fine orchard!

I suspect the M prunifolia are rootstock that did not take.  I think
every grower gets a few of those.  It will be fun to see what they do.

I notice that industry standard seedling rootstocks for Z2/3 are M
baccata, M prunifolia, MXRanekta, Antonovka or similar mediocre (fruit
quality) M domestica source.  

Fruit breeding is a matter of being attentive and noticing when fate
deals you a royal flush.  It seems to me that the odds of dealing a
royal flush would be greatly improved if one did not throw away all the
face cards in the deck.  I think it would be far more exciting to fruit
out a September Ruby X Spartan rootstock than Antonovka Open Pollinated.

So the question of the day is:  "Which of these selections are likely to
produce seedlings with Z2/3 hardiness, decent fireblight resistance and
a good chance of producing exceptional quality?  Better yet, name a
Dream-team.

del stubbs wrote:
> 
> At last! I've had time to dig down and organize my plantings. Thought some
> of you nafexer's might be curious what my Z2/3 experimental plantings are.
> They are in the one to four year old range. All the varieties without number
> of plants listed are singles. Some of the apples I could provide scion wood
> this year for nafexers, but in a year I should be able to provide most.
> If the type comes out scattered on your email screen, my apologies,  it did
> on mine also (after spending an hour neatening it up in a database, oh well
> )    Any comments, advice on the choices etc. most  welcome.
> We're located 25 miles NW of Bemidji, Minnesota, about 90 miles south of
> Canadian border, stop by if you're ever coming through! Del
> 
> APPLES - arlet  2 - beacon -  b118  rootstock   4 - carroll -   centenial 3 
> -
> chestnut - christoferson giant (my name for a local farm tree) - dakota 2 -
> duchess of oldenburg - enigma -  gideon 2 -halared 2    - hazen 2 - honey 
> crisp
> 5        - honey gold  - improved  battleford    -  iowa beauty 2       - 
> irish peach   -
> lodi 2  -lowland raspberry -  malinda 2  - mandan 3     - manitoba spy - 
> norda -
> norland  - norden       -   norson      -  pf5  - pristine 2 - prunifolia  
> rootstock 4
> - redwell - regent      -  sonnyboy -  smokehouse - stone 2  -  sweet16  3 -
> valantine  -  september  ruby   - spartan  - unknown apple 3  -  westfield
> seek no further  -  whitney  crab sport 3  -  wolf river 4  -   ( all apples
> are on either B118 or prunifolia)
> APPLE ON HAWTHORN  -     honey gold 2 - haralson 2 - honey crisp 2 -
> 
> APPLE ON AMALANCHIER    - honey gold - valantine
> 
> PLUM - prunus americana  8  -   pembina bud graft 2 -  prairie egg plum -
> green gage plum - gracious plum - beach plum (maritima) -
> 
> PLUM ON CHOKECHERRY - prunus maritima 4 -
> 
> PEAR - cabot  - flemish beauty 2  - hudar  2 - luscious  - nova 5 - patton -
> pyrus usuriensis 12 -
> 
> RIBES - crandall currant - lepaared currant - rovada currant - jonkeer van
> tets  currant-  white imperial - ben lomond -  ben more -       ben nevis -
> glencoe - pixwell - jostaberry
> 
> VARIOUS - manchurian apricot 2 - moongold apricot 1 - siberian  mulberry -
> northern mulberry - high bush cranberry 13 - wentworth h.b.c.  - shagbark
> hickory - joy bush cherry - bali cherry - aronia melanocarpa - sea buckthorn
> 
> GRAPE - valient 5  - kay gray  - swenson red - concord
> 
> RUBUS - boyne (new patch) - autumn bliss 4' x 30' - illini hardy (small
> patch) - chester thornless (small patch)
> 
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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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