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Caren,

I second Karen Kellogg's suggestion - you have a healthy rootstock that has survived your climate and soil - so make use of it and graft on a new topstock - easy to do, and you will be far ahead compared to getting a new tree.

Jim Nottke

z7, NC

-----Original Message-----
From: Karen Kellogg
Sent: Aug 3, 2009 8:26 AM
To: North American Fruit Explorers
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] How to revive my apple tree (if possible)

I believe you could also let it grow and try using it as rootstock--graft a local peach scion on it...

Karen

On Aug 3, 2009, at 7:50 AM, Caren Kirk wrote:

Ernest, of course you're so right, I lost my head with the excitement 

thinking that SOMETHING was actually growing and maybe salvageable.