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[Terence Bradshaw <madshaw@innevi.com>]

It very well could be a factor, especially depending on the susceptibility 
of the rootstock to FB.  You can cut into the wood and look for 
pink-brownish streaks in the cambium, but even that may not reveal 
it.  Maybe take one sprout and graft it to a FB susceptible variety like 
Idared, Gala, or Paulared.  Then pump the nitrogen to it to encourage soft, 
whippy tissue and look for signs of disease.  I know this seems pretty 
complicated, but it's all I could guess at.

At 09:10 AM 5/2/02 -0400, you wrote:
> Subject: [NAFEX] fireblight in rootstock
> Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>
>
> Last year I cut down a Tompkins King tree due to fireblight. I didn't
> have time to remove the roots and now it has  ten or so nice looking
> sprouts.
> I would like to graft and stool onto this mystery rootstock (another
> story) from Southmeadow but I don't know if the fireblight that was on
> the grafted portion of the tree is a factor.
> Any opinions?
>
> Thanks much, Bob Sorenson Z4

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Terence Bradshaw
Pomona Tree Fruit Service
93 Stowe St     
Waterbury, VT 05676                     
(802)244-0953
madshaw@innevi.com

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