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It was written:

I would appreciate opinions on this strategy for Northern Spy trees.  
Start with Northern Spy on fully dwarfing rootstock to encourage  
earlier first fruiting. After fruiting has started, build up soil  
above the bud union, in order to increase size of tree and improve  
anchoring.

My reply:

Well it depends on what you are attempting to accomplish.  If you have  a 4 
story home and want to pick apples out of the windows of each floor that may 
be the way to go.  

I don't know how much room you have or what your requirements are nor your 
soil type.  If you are a home grower and only want one tree I would probably 
adopt a very different strategy.

I suspect based on what you have written that ultimately an interstem may be 
the way to go.  Apples are not small trees on their own root in good soil.  
And Northern Spy is a big tree. 

the fluffy one    




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