very rare apple tree question
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wexfordamatuer Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 20 Jun 2011 Posts: 2 Location: Wexford
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 11:13 am Post subject: very rare apple tree question |
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Good Afternoon all, just recently discovered this site, since i've recently moved by from UK and built a house on family land. to cut a long story short there is a few apple trees well over 80 years of age in the orchard. I only know one variety and that is beauty of bath apples. Now the main tree itself is dead, but there is a few new shoots coming from the base of existing tree. Can anyone advise a suitable donor tree to graft these new shoots onto, so I can plant them in my new garden.
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tippben Rank attained: Vegetable garden tender
Joined: 15 Jan 2011 Posts: 921 Location: north tipperary
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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I'd contact http://irishseedsavers.ie/ as rootstock vigour varies. You could use straight Malus sylvestris, but the guys at seedsavers do this kind of thing on a large scale, and are probably the largest experience bank in Ireland regarding apple varieties and grafting. |
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wexfordamatuer Rank attained: Hazel Tree

Joined: 20 Jun 2011 Posts: 2 Location: Wexford
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:04 pm Post subject: |
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Great thanks |
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medieval knievel Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
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Posted: Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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if they're coming from the base of the existing tree, that may just be the rootstock sprouting rather than the variety which was grafted on.
if they're 80 years old, it may be hard to tell where the graft was by now. |
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michael brenock Rank attained: Chlorophyll for blood
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Posted: Sat Jul 02, 2011 10:37 pm Post subject: |
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the new shoots emerging are probably from the rootstock You could use these as rootstocks by putting soil up around them to encourage rooting. Get a tree of Beauty of bath and either bud on or graft onto these rooted rootstocks.
michael brenock horticultural advisor (retired) |
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