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[Sam Brungardt <samis@attbi.com>]

On 10/7/02 6:34 PM, "Rondi" <dee@mokalive.com> wrote:

> Are there any members here that are part of the Ozark Chapter? I'm 
> interested
> in knowing more
> about the group as I live in SE Kansas.
> 
> Are there any suggestions as to what apple rootstock would be best here. I'm
> in zone 6 with clay
> soil. I know one older fellow that's using m111 and another using m9. I can
> see the m111 are
> taller, but that is all I know about the subject. We also have a problem 
> with
> fireblight.
> 
> Any suggestions would be helpful as I'm planning on doing some planting come
> spring. OR should I
> be planting this fall? Our winters are mild compared to what I grew up with 
> in
> Minnesota and
> would think fall planting wouldn't be all that hard. I'm considering fall
> planting because the
> older fellow I mentioned above does his bud grafting in late August and has
> good results and am
> considering doing this myself next August. I feel the extra months during 
> the
> fall/winter/spring
> would give the rootstock a head start.
> 
> Hey, what books and videos should I check out from the NAFEX Library?
> 
> Rondi Anderson
> Pittsburg, KS
> Zone 6
> 
> 
> 
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Hi, Randy.  I'm originally from western Kansas (Ellis County), but have
lived in your home state for more than 20 years.  If you've not already done
so, go to http://search.oznet.ksu.edu:81/pubs and get all the info there
about fruit growing from the Kansas State University Cooperative Extension
Service.  If there's no info available about fireblight-resistant
rootstocks, call the state fruit specialist who should be able to give you
some recommendations about what they've found is a good, reliable rootstock
for your soil conditions.

The University of Missouri-Columbia would also have a number of excellent
publications on fruit growing.--Sam Brungardt, St. Paul, Minn.