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["Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>]

Caren:  Don't dig up rootstock.  It is still alive.  Graft on it. 
What zone are you in?  You could have a choice of what kind of peach
to graft depending on your zone.  

---- Original Message ----
From: quirky@videotron.ca
To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] How to revive my apple tree (if possible)
Date: Mon, 03 Aug 2009 07:50:33 -0400

>Ernest, of course you're so right, I lost my head with the excitement
>
>thinking that SOMETHING was actually growing and maybe salvageable.
>
>Guess I just have to dig the whole thing up and think about whether
>I'm 
>brave enough to try something else there.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Caren.
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
>To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 5:56 PM
>Subject: Re: [NAFEX] How to revive my apple tree (if possible)
>
>
>>
>> A sucker from the ground is coming from the rootstock and will not
>be
>> a Reliance peach.
>> ---- Original Message ----
>> From: quirky@videotron.ca
>> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
>> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] How to revive my apple tree (if possible)
>> Date: Sun, 02 Aug 2009 12:34:07 -0400
>>
>>>Quick update for anyone interested: I went to check out the
>Reliance
>>>again yesterday and saw that it has a sucker.  This has given me
>hope
>>>that we can cut away the dead tree and maybe see if the sucker will
>>>replace it - IF it survives the next winter.
>>>
>>>There may be hope yet!
>>>
>>>Caren.
>>>Quebec
>>>  ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>  From: Caren Kirk
>>>  To: North American Fruit Explorers
>>>  Sent: Saturday, August 01, 2009 8:21 AM
>>>  Subject: Re: [NAFEX] How to revive my apple tree (if possible)
>>>
>>>
>>>  Hi Steve and Peter,
>>>
>>>  Thanks for asking, unfortunately my Golden Russet and my Reliance
>>>have showed no signs of revival. In fact the Golden Russet has just
>>>got drier and drier. We noticed a strange phenomenon on the
>Reliance
>>>trunk; it seems to have little dots of orange. Being a complete
>>>novice, I don't have any experiences with tree diseases.  Could
>this
>>>be a form of rust, maybe CAR?  I didn't think peaches could get it,
>>>but hey, what do I know! I guess whatever it is we should cut it
>down
>>>right away to be sure.
>>>
>>>  I am reallly not having a good year fruit wise. Between losing
>>>these 2 and my cherries being infested with ants, it's a bit of a
>>>sucky year.
>>>
>>>  Caren
>>>  Depressed in Quebec
>>>    ----- Original Message ----- 
>>>    From: Drevniok
>>>    To: North American Fruit Explorers
>>>    Sent: Wednesday, July 29, 2009 6:37 AM
>>>    Subject: Re: [NAFEX] How to revive my apple tree (if possible)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>              Hi All,
>>>
>>>                       re: Reliance Peach
>>>
>>>                       I thought my Reliance was a goner also. I
>cut
>>>it down this spring from a height of about 8 feet to a height of
>>>about 18-22 inches which included one branch
>>>        on two sides. Both these branches had signs of viable buds
>>>but I was not too optimistic since all other buds were not budding
>>>and looked definitely dead.
>>>        However, the tree has rebounded wonderfully with much new
>>>growth.
>>>
>>>                    Peter Drevniok, Gatineau, Quebec zone 4/5
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>    Steve wrote:
>>>Caren,
>>>It's been 5 or 6 weeks since your wrote the post below. Did your
>>>apple
>>>tree ever grow leaves?
>>>
>>>Steve
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Caren Kirk wrote:
>>>  In a previous post I lamented at the state of my golden russet
>>>apple and
>>>reliance peach that I planted last year that did not leaf out. 
>Well,
>>>I
>>>think the peach has really had it, seems brittle and can't find any
>>>green under the bark.  Probably should just get the inevitable over
>>>and
>>>done with and remove it and plant something else. RIP.
>>>
>>>However the apple, while having no leaves is still supple and if
>you
>>>scratch away the bark, it's green underneath.  Does this mean that
>>>there
>>>is still hope?  If so what can I do to regenerate it?
>>>
>>>Any suggestions welcome.
>>>
>>>Caren
>>>Slightly depressed in Quebec
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