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[david liezen <chandos49@hotmail.com>]

Claude,
 My trees stand in a back yard: space is an issue. This is zone 6 according to the Arbor people: winter low about 10 below, Fahrenheit, or -12C. Around here we enjoy the moderating affect of weather coming over from the Pacific, with much of the moisture wrung out of clouds by the Cascade range standing north to south. Those of my trees on EMLA26 handle this well. Another on EMLA7 not happy here at all.
 I'm trying chip-bud grafting this summer on Geneva30, which perhaps puts my trees at the upper limits of space requirements with better yield - so I hope.
                           Dave 
 
> Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:49:26 -0400
> To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> From: cjoli@gmc.ulaval.ca
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Apple tree's/rootstocks for zone 3
>
> A 17:30 10.07.17 -0400, vous avez écrit :
> > I just joined a couple weeks ago so I wanted to say hi, and to ask a
> couple questions about growing apples in the cold zones like northern
> Minnesota.
>
> I would second Ernie's suggestion to stay away from dwarfs. They are mostly
> designed for commercial high yield production and in general not so well
> adapted for a home grower. And even more so in marginal apple growing
> areas. I do however have a few trees on Ottawa-3 that are not doing bad,
> but I would still prefer to have them on Antonovka. Beautiful Arkade is
> possibly a slightly smaller alternative that could work for you.
>
> As of the varieties, do try the Chestnut - it is great. Dolgo is another
> ultra-hardy crab that is absolutely exquisite (I make a spread with it
> which is in between a jelly and a butter). Other than that, there are many
> "Prairie hardy" apples around, many also from Canada. Make your pick!
>
> Claude Jolicoeur, in Quebec, zone 4
>
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