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["Michele Stanton" <6ducks@gmail.com>]

HI all,

I am going to be helping students graft apple trees, and would like suggestions as to which rootstocks might work best.  We’re zone 6a.

The ideal  rootstock would be amateur-friendly with a high % of takes, it must be fireblight resistance, resistance to crown rot would be nice, and it needs to be able handle some heavier soils.

Pluses would be size in the 30-40% range, and resistance to scab.

 

What are your thoughts about G11?  Are there others I might consider?  G16 and 30 sound interesting except for the virus sensitivity.

 

 

Michele Stanton, M.S.

Instructor of Horticulture

The University of Cincinnati

College of Engineering & Applied Science

Cincinnati, OH  45221