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["Erdman, James" <ErdmanJ@uwstout.edu>]

Don't know if this is an answer, but I have had apple trees that I bought 
that didn't blossom for over eight years.
 
Jim

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org on behalf of Thomas Olenio
Sent: Tue 3/27/2007 3:19 PM
To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'
Subject: [NAFEX] Apple Question - dumb



Hello,

 

Is it possible to take a scion from an apple tree, graft it to rootstock and 
never see a blossom?

 

The first scion I ever collected, I grafted to a wild dwarf rootstock in 1999 
and it has never produced a single blossom.  The tree is doing well, is a 
good size and other trees I have grafted after it have blossomed and had 
fruit.  

 

This makes me wonder...  If you took a scion from a water sprout, would you 
ever get apples?  I do not remember now what I took for a scion then, I was a 
newbie.

 

Looking at the tree this spring for nice fat buds that might contain flowers, 
and I see none (again).

 

Any thoughts?

 

Tom

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