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[Ginda Fisher <list@ginda.us>]

I was hoping to get some new growth on this apple tree this spring, so I 
could use it as grafting stock. But every twig ends in a rosette, like the 
ones shown below, with nothing sprouting. Is there anything I can do? Would 
it help to cut the rosette off? Would it have helped if I did it earlier in 
the season? Anything else I could do to promote new growth?

It’s an Ashmeads Kernel on G205, I think. It’s in a lousy spot, and won’t 
ever get enough sun. (Thus my interest in grafting it to something else, 
somewhere else.)

Thanks for any advice,
Ginda Fisher
Eastern MA, zone 6