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Thanks
Donna, I'm in Central Indiana Zone 5b. I actually have found an
orchard near me that I'm trying different varieties from so I can find out what
I like and based on that I'm then going to find out how easy the ones I
like are to grow. Meaning which ones are the most disease resistant,
etc. That's how I found these two varieties. Unfortunately I got
looking that the cooperative extension documents on apple varieties suited for
Indiana and these two seem about least suited and nearly as disease prone as
possible. Not that it's impossible to grow them or that I won't, but I
really would rather start with varieties that are easier so I can learn a little
more before I have a bunch of dead trees.
One of
my neighbors (an elderly couple) have two older apple trees that I never see
them do anything to, but have lots of large apples on them every year. I
was thinking about grafting from those if I like the taste. If I were to
do that how would I go about collecting the scion wood and when is the best time
to collect it? I guess if I'm just going to stick the rootstock in the
ground and graft whenever as you suggest (which sounds like a good idea) I can
get that pretty much whenever.
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