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  • From: Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>
  • To: NAFEX Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [nafex] grafting an apple in May
  • Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2014 13:13:23 -0400

My husband's uncle died this winter, leaving his "house in the country" (the
Catskills) to my husband. I would like to try to rescue a seedling apple tree
that the uncle planted as a youth. It has no commercial value, since the
fruits all ripen at different times, and only keep for a few hours after
dropping from the tree. But the fruits (when fresh) are very tasty, and the
tree has sentimental value.

It's a large mature tree, and there's no way I can possibly dig it up, and no
way to transport it, and no place to plant it, even if I miraculously did dig
it up. I would like to retrieve some of it and graft it onto an apple tree in
my back yard. But the timing is awkward (I think.) The will hasn't been
probated, and once it is probated, my husband plans to sell the property. The
only time I know I can get there and have legal access is in May. On the
other hand, I suppose I could remove as much of the tree as I want in May.

Any advice?



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