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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

This afternoon, while cleaning up the yard, I accidentally broke the top off 
of a seedling crab growing along the fence.  Just for kicks, I grafted the 
top of the "dead" tree onto what was left of the seedling crab.  If it 
survives, I'll report.  The twig I grafted looked healthy.

I also found my box of aluminum tree tags, and labeled my apples.  :-)  I 
bought a box of those (probably from AM Leonards although I can't find the 
product in their current catalog) in 1999, and for a couple of years I was 
good about using them.  If you can find these labels, I heartily recommend 
them.  They are made of a few sheets of thin aluminum, so you can "engrave" 
them with a pencil - basically denting the aluminum.  The have a small home 
and come with twist ties.  They are very easy to use and the ones that I put 
out in 1999 are still easy to read.  I seem to have bought a box of hundreds, 
so they can't be very expensive per piece.

Ginda


On May 15, 2011, at 8:07 AM, Ginda Fisher wrote:

> I transplanted the tree yesterday.  I was very surprised when I pulled out 
> the old tree, as the top was still alive (but completely dormant.)  As I 
> described below, the bark turned brown and a little wrinkled below the 
> point of the infection, and the trunk (stem? It was only about 3/4 inch 
> thick) looked dead, and some of the woody parts of the root system looked 
> rotted.  But ABOVE the wound the bark looked okay, and when I damaged the 
> bark a little pulling it out, the cambium looked green and healthy.  I took 
> some photos if anyone is curious.
> 
> The dead tree was either and Ashmeads Kernal on M7 of a GOlden Russet on 
> G30, alas, my records don't say which it was, and the tag is completely 
> illegible.
> 
> Ginda
> who checked the irrigation system yesterday, as presumably the newly 
> transplanted -- already leafed out tree -- will need a lot of water this 
> year.
> 
> p.s.  Besides "lots of water", any advice for helping the new tree, which 
> is a Karmijn de Sonneville on M7?
> 
> Begin forwarded message:
> 
>> From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
>> Date: May 6, 2011 7:53:47 PM EDT
>> To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> Subject: [NAFEX] transplanting a young apple tree
>> Reply-To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
>> 
>> Last spring I planted an apple tree in a spot that doesn't get enough 
>> light.
>> 
>> Last summer a young apple tree died in a spot that gets more light.  I'm 
>> not sure what it died from.  I tried to trim away a "stump" from a cleft 
>> graft, and it looked like the tree was infected at the wound and the 
>> infection spread killing the tree.  I wondered if it might be fireblight, 
>> but I didn't see anything that looked like the descriptions I've read of 
>> fireblight, the stem just sort of turned dark and died.
>> 
>> Can I pull out that tree and move the other one to its spot?  What is the 
>> best time to to that?  Any special concerns?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ginda
>> eastern MA, zone 6, where the apples are in full bloom.  (as is everything 
>> else)
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