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["Ed Fackler" <efackler@woh.rr.com>]

Derry:

     There was a mistake in the wording on my original message.  Or, instead
of MM111 it should have read MM106 and with this combination (9 on MM106)
there is no suckering at all when the lower graft union is burried.  We left
the upper 2" of the 9 section exposed.  Resulting tree size was around
10-12' with Gala as the fruiting variety.

ed

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org]On Behalf Of derry&bill
Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2003 11:44 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Interstem Apples


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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