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- From: "bluestem_farm@juno.com" <bluestem_farm@juno.com>
- To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] sports and mutations, more
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 13:41:45 GMT
Wow! Thannks for that explanation Lon. Now tell me if this is off kilter
or not; water sprouts sound like what you describe as buried buds that
sprout. They are also what I usually cut for scion wood. Am I increasing
the chances of getting something not true to type by doing so?
Muffy Barrett
South-Central Wisconsin, where it's about time to cut scion wood.
--- "Lon J. Rombough" wrote:
> 1. Some "adventitious" buds are really very old
> buds buried deep in
> the wood. Laid down when the tree is young, they
> usually don't push
> unless something very drastic happens to the tree.
> These are the ones
> that produce sports most often as the older the bud,
> the more likely it
> has been hit by radiation, etc. during it's
> existence, causing a
> mutation. A great number of bud sports of Red
> Delicious trace back to
> a severe winter in Washington in the 1950's that
> froze back many trees,
> causing old buds to push from deep inside the wood.
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[NAFEX] sports and mutations, more,
Heron Breen, 03/20/2005
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[NAFEX] Pakistani Mulberry Idaho,
Naomi, 03/20/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Pakistani Mulberry Idaho,
Lucky Pittman, 03/21/2005
- RE: [NAFEX] Pakistani Mulberry Idaho, Naomi, 03/21/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] Pakistani Mulberry Idaho,
Lucky Pittman, 03/21/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] sports and mutations, more,
Lon J. Rombough, 03/20/2005
- Re: [NAFEX] sports and mutations, more, rob hamilton, 03/20/2005
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Re: [NAFEX] sports and mutations, more,
bluestem_farm@juno.com, 03/21/2005
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- Re: [NAFEX] sports and mutations, more, Lon J. Rombough, 03/21/2005
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[NAFEX] Pakistani Mulberry Idaho,
Naomi, 03/20/2005
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