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In a message dated 2/7/07 5:15:11 PM, jacqueline.jameson@gmail.com writes:


> This combo of phenomonal
> roots AND good fruit will have to be tested, to prove whether it is actually a
> chance seedling, not someone's long-lost topwork. 
Yes.     I know you've already thought this out but:    there are two ways
1] get roots on top, then plant back to similar conditions to test for like-performance
2] get root to sprout leaves, then test to see if will fruit like existing tree.
I do NOT think number 2] can be practiced, I don't think you can get a root to sprout leaves.    Does anyone else think its possible to induce the root to sprout on an apple?    the implication is you've got to test through number one, that pretty much means air-layering.
Charlie Paradise