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  • From: derry&bill <wchase@interchange.ubc.ca>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Interstem Apples
  • Date: Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:43:38 -0700

Ed,.

How is MM106/M9 for the understock suckering?

I've been making MM106/M9/apple but not burying the lower union. What size
do you think I can expect on medium vigour scions?

Derry

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> The most uniform and productive trees came from the combination you
> mentioned below or M9 on MM106. Trees resulted in a true semi-dwarf or
> about 12' tall, had better limb angles and the MM111 was nearly non
> suckering. We buried the lower graft union by around 6" with 2" of the M9
> portion about soil surface.

> Ed, So. Ohio cool fall-like weather.





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