Cool. Last winter I searched for a commercial source for 'Beautiful
Arcade', but didn't find one. Can listers post a source if found,
please/thanks?
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From: "Ed Forest" <>
Reply-To: kbradley,North American Fruit Explorers <>
To: nafex@
Subject: [NAFEX] Standard Rootstocks
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 19:20:40 +0000
Here's some info I had readily available on BA
AFHRC
Atlantic Food and Horticulture Research Centre
Beautiful Arcade Seedlings of this old Russian cultivar are still produced
at the seed orchard in Kentville. The seedlings have a fibrous root system
which generally produce trees smaller than most other seedlings. They have
performed especially well with McIntosh and Cortland. This stock is reliable
for a wide range of soil conditions. Triploids such as Gravenstein and King
on this stock are usually slow to come into production and fail to sustain a
high level of productivity.