From: "Doreen Howard" <doreenh@ticon.net>
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Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2002 13:59:47 -0500
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Subject: [NAFEX] Miniature Apple Trees
Yesterday, I visited Gene Yale in Skokie, IL and saw his miniature apple
orchard. He has 165 tiny trees on a lot that is 43 feet by 55 feet. He
uses M27 and P22 rootstock for his trees and has an exacting pruning regime
for 2 years that creates a bearing tree in the third year that is about 3 to
6 feet tall and no wider. The fruit is full size, and each tree bears 20 to
40 apples. This orchard is totally amazing. I shot photos in a driving
rain yesterday and hope to share them later on the Nafex site.
You can see his orchard now and read about his techniques at:
http://www.enteract.com/~midfex/yale/intro.html
Do any of you have experience with M27, P22 or Bud-9 rootstock on apples? I
was so blown away by this orchard that I am ordering trees custom-grafted
from Big Horse Creek Farms and Bay Laurel to plant. I have a small suburban
lot and figured I didn't have the room for apples.
Any discussion about the merits and drawbacks of various super-dwarfing
rootstock would be interesting. What say you all?
Doreen Howard
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