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- From: "Tatum Stewart" <tatum.stewart@tvgenvironmental.com>
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- Subject: [NAFEX] Top working older trees
- Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 16:04:50 -0600
I have a small orchard in Ashland City, Tn, about
20 miles northwest of Nashville, Tn. I have a block of 50 red delicious
trees on what I think is M7 root stock. Trees are about 20 to 25 years
old, and had not been trained well. I began restoritive pruning 6 years
ago and now have most of the (220 trees)orchard in production. I do not
like red delicious, and they do not sell as well as my other varieties. So
I am thinking about top-working these trees with some specialty varieties.
Does anyone have experience with this type of grafting? My trees range
from 13-17 ft tall. Are they too large top work? Would I graft the
entire tree, leave one nurse branch, or only graft half the
tree?
BTW: MY gold delicious are
outstanding! They are nothing like a grocery store apple. They are
large, at least 1/2 pound each, thin skinned, crisp, syrupy sweet, with a spicy
twang. I sold out (30 bu) at the Nashville Farmers Market in one
day! I did have to convince people to try them first, as most had the
usual impression of store bought golds.
Thanks for any help
Tatum Stewart
Stewart Orchard
Ashland City, Tn
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[NAFEX] Top working older trees,
Tatum Stewart, 11/03/2008
- Re: [NAFEX] Top working older trees, D Stubbs, 11/03/2008
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