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  • From: Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] hungry voles and tasty trees
  • Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 11:23:52 -0500

John,
Somebody on the list - Donna Hudson, maybe?, had suggested a seedling (crab?) apple rootstock - M.micromalus or M.hupahensis, maybe? That was not favored by voles - don't know if one could make the claim that it's totally vole-resistant.
But if that's the case, then you might want to consider searching out a source for seedlings or clonally-propagated stocks to graft onto. Yes, you'd be going back to square one, but if the voles won't eat them, then you'd have a fighting chance, since you've fenced the goats away .

Lucky Pittman
USDA Cold Zone 6
AHS Heat Zone 7
Hopkinsville, KY




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