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["Scott Weber and Muffy Barrett" <bluestem_farm@juno.com>]

Ginda,
Since you'll be cutting your scionwood and grafting on the same day, 
obviously you'll need to do it when the apples are still completely dormant.  
 If you are willing to store some wood, I'd possibly recommend doing a bark 
graft after the seedling starts into growth.  That might be a  good back-up 
plan; store some wood in your fridge (coldest part) and then make your best 
guess as to the moment before  everything starts growing, and do the whip and 
tongue that you are planning on then (this may be soon).  If you miss,  you 
will still have some dormant wood to work with and you won't have lost the 
year.  'Cause once the scions start into growth your chances of a successful 
graft go way down.  Good luck with it--and be persistent. Muffy 
BarrettSouthern WisconsinWhere we still have 6 to 8 inches of snow, but some 
sap is moving in trees. riginal Message ----------

When would you recommend I try? I will obviously cut a branch and immediately 
graft it.

Traditionally, apples are grafted mid-april around here (I've heard Patriot's 
Day, which will be April 15 this year, recommended.) But spring keeps coming 
earlier, so I'd like vegetative signs. The forsythia buds are already 
swelling a bit, and I can see some green under the scales of the lilac buds, 
and the raspberries are thinking of sprouting. Apples are still completely 
dormant, as are oaks. And the Apricot, which is usually very early, looks 
dormant. On the other extreme, the Cornus Mas looks like one warm day will 
bring it into bloom. The flower buds are large and about to crack.

Thanks,
Ginda
eastern MA, zone 6
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Howdy folks.  This is Barry Nichols (persimmonpudding.com) from work.  So 
here's the deal.  I have a test plot we're trying to make with native 
species.  There are multiple objectives but that is the hinge.  Within the 
natives, we're going to try to use cultivars in order to satisfy additional 
objectives.  To that end, I'm having a bit of a problem locating selected or 
improved plants.  I am NOT looking for hybrids between species.  Below are 
the plants from which I'm having problems sourcing cultivars:

Amelanchier laevis          Allegheny serviceberry

Corylus americana           hazelnut

Rubus occidentalis           black raspberry

Rubus allegheniensis      common blackberry

Aronia melanocarpa       black chokeberry - do have one sourced but would 
like 1 or 2 more)

Vaccinium pallidum         lowbush blueberry

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.



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