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[Alan Yelvington <alany@semparpac.org>]

I live in NW PA and there are abandoned 
family orchards all over the place.  People 
tell me that the tree's a Northern Spy or 
whatever;  Some of these trees are OLD 
standard trees, but I never see a graft union 
on the trunks.  Do the grafts eventually 
disappear, or did the scion take over and the 
tree "go standard" on them?

Al Yelvington
Russell, PA