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["Thomas Olenio" <tolenio@sentex.net>]

Hi,

 

I read the article on non-blooming, and I am still curious…

 

Is a scion graft from a water sprout as fruitful as a normal growth scion?

 

The tree did graft very oddly.  The scion grew in its diameter faster than the rootstock.  For example, the scion had a diameter of 1 ½”after two years, and the rootstock was only 1” in diameter.  It has balanced out now.

 

The rootstock was a dwarf apple from a cattle pasture.  It looked like an old, twisted apple tree, in a 3’ whip.

 

I did a simple splice graft, it being the first thing I ever grafted. 

 

The scion was from an Improved Snow (local Fameuse variant) and it came from a circa 1918 standard sized tree.

 

I know, I know…  Patience is the biggest step.

 

Later,

Tom

 

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From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of dmnorton@royaloakfarmorchard.com
Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 5:48 PM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Apple Question - dumb

 

Tom,

 

Here's an article titled "Reasons Why Trees and Shrubs May Fail to Bloom".  Hope it helps!

 

 http://www.ipm.iastate.edu/ipm/hortnews/1994/5-18-1994/nobloom.html

 

Dennis Norton
Royal Oak Farm Orchard
http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
http://www.theorchardkeeper.blogspot.com
http://www.revivalhymn.com

----- Original Message -----

From: Thomas Olenio

To: 'North American Fruit Explorers'

Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 3:19 PM

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