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[Jay Cutts <orders@cuttsreviews.com>]

When I used grafted trees, the entire top, including the part above 
ground but below the graft, was killed by cold. The only reason the 
plant survived was that new shoots came up from the roots.

Regards,

Jay

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On 1/8/2017 9:07 AM, Alan Haigh wrote:
> "why would you want to kill the original rootstock?'
>
> The conversation was started by the suggestion that own rooted trees are
> hardier against cold than grafted ones, for one thing.  Also, if you want
> to make use of suckers, this might assure that the suckers were trees of
> the grafted variety.
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