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["Joe Boles" <jo.bo@rogers.com>]

I've done it both ways. If buds do not take, do them over a little latter in
the year or the following year. If a bud takes but does not grow you can cut
a notch above the bud. It is easiest though to grow your rootstock and get
it to branch all up the main stem, then choose the branches closest to where
you want them and bend them and train them into place. The following spring
cut the branches back to a stub and bark graft the stubs with one or two
buds.

If you are going to bud a 2' tall rootstock, I would cut it at 2' in the
spring and bark graft the budat the cut. Prune away the remaining growth
after the bud is growing well.

Books I would recommend are: The Grafter's Handbook by R.J. Garner, The
Prunning Book by Lee Reich.
Two other good books if you can locate them (out of print) The Lorette
System of Pruning by Louis Lorette and The Fruit Garden Displayed by The
Royal Horticulture Society.

Joe Boles
Mississauga, ON
USA zone 5b, Canada zone 6A



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peking King" <applegrowr@yahoo.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 21, 2004 11:41 PM
Subject: [NAFEX] how to make 6 variety espalier


> Hello- I'm interested in budding 6 varieties of apple
> onto one tree, making an espaliered tree with 2
> varieties at the bottom, 2 in the middle, and 2 at the
> top.  Do I have to bud each layer or even each variety
> one year at a time and be able to force that bud into
> growth by pruning off just above it?  Or can I grow a
> 6' rootstock and then bud all 6 varieties onto it in
> the locations I want and then prune away any other
> growth?  also, what if the buds don't "take"?
>
> and what happens when I bud onto a 2' tall
> rootstock--can I prune away all that other growth,
> taking away all the plant's leaves?--what will the
> plant do if the bud doesn't "take"?  How will it get
> any nutrients if it has no leaves to give it energy?
>
> Can anybody recommend a rather in-depth book about
> grafting/budding and pruning the tree to get the
> desired result of getting the specific bud to grow,
> and still have the tree in the proper form for putting
> other varieties onto in other locations?
>
> thanks for any ideas!!  --PK in SW Oregon zone 7
>
>
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