Another choice would be to take some scion off the old tree and graft it onto a
decent dwarf rootstock, so it will start producing apples quicker. If it were in my
yard, it would have to go because I'm pressed for space and this thing takes up a
lot of it. There are many other interesting fruits you could plant in the space that
opens up. The tree is not attractive, and probably not worth the effort to restore
it, especially since you can preserve the apples with a newly grafted tree.
Sherwin D.
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Here is some pics of the tree:
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006%...s/DSCF6433.jpg
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006%...s/DSCF6429.jpg
It's been butchered in the past, and now it's this big sprawling thing and
I'm not quite sure what to do with it.
Hi, all, thank you very much for all your comments. My neighbor tells me
that a few years ago, the guy that lived here (I just bought the house a
year ago) cut all of the main branches way back because it was sprawling so
far out. And you can see exactly how he butchered the poor thing.
To answer some of the asked questions:
I'm in Lebanon, Oregon, a small town about 90 miles south of Portland,
Oregon. I'm in the middle of the Wilammette Valley. The tree produces green
apples with red streaks. I see them at the store, but I don't know what they
are called. They are medium large sized, and actually quite good. The tree
was half covered with them - there were several places that did not bloom,
but had plenty of foliage. I cut down it's neighbor because the trunk forked
into two vertical branches, and one fork was badly rotted to the point where
it was dangerous. I didn't think the tree could be saved, so I put it out of
it's misery. I counted about 75 growth rings in the stump. This trunk is
much bigger, I'm guessing it's at least 100 years old. I'd like to save it
simply because of it's age, besides having good apples.
Here are a few shots of what they tree looked like when it was green:
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006%...s/DSCF5840.jpg
http://zootal.no-ip.info/stuff/2006%...s/DSCF3751.jpg