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

I would wait until next spring and graft on a scion the same diameter
as the sucker.  Grafting is easy and fun.  Look on Google for info. 
Your apple rootstock will probably put up some suckers.  Just wait. 
I notice that suckers from my trees tend to die during the winter so
you should consider mulching heavily around and over the suckers this
fall.

---- 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 16:22:05 -0400

>Hi Ernest,
>
>I'm right on the border of Ag Can Zone 5 and 4b (USDA Zone 4 and 3 I 
>believe), so most of the time I tend to play it safe and tick with Ag
>Can 
>Z4b although I am known to experiment!
>
>It 's only a sucker about a foot or so high.  At what point do you
>think it 
>would be big enough to graft on to?  I have no experience with
>grafting by 
>the way (obviously!).
>
>I guess apples are less likely to sucker so I'm not sure I would be
>so lucky 
>with my dead Golden Russet? Is there any way to encourage the
>rootstock to 
>flourish?
>
>Caren.
>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Ernest Plutko" <ernestplutko@wiktel.com>
>To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 10:17 AM
>Subject: Re: [NAFEX] How to revive my apple tree (if possible)
>
>
>> 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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