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[dwoodard@becon.org]

Sixty years ago, McIntosh seedlings were popular in the nursery trade.
McIntosh apples are easy to come by. Often the seeds start to sprout in
cold storage apples. Dolgo seedlings are reported on favourably.

Doug Woodard
St. Catharines, Ontraio, Canada


> #1 Graft onto a 1 year seedling apple tree.
> #2 Graft onto mm-111 rootstock which will give you an apple tree 80% of
> standard or onto Alnarp2 which will give you a tree that is 90% of
> standard
> or onto m-13 which is considered 110% of standard.
>
> When grafting onto a seedling tree you have to remember that each seedling
> will be a little different in vigor.
>
> I have some seedlings that were seeds saved from Sweet Sixteen.  They are
> now 4 years old and are about 8 to 10 feet tall or more right now.
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: david liezen
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 2:10 PM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: [nafex] Creating Standard Apple Tree
>
>
> To the List:
> Let me re-state the question:
> How best does one create a standard apple tree?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Dave Liezen