Steve wrote:
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The traditional method for reproducing a rootstock is to make a stool bed.
http://www.suttonelms.org.uk/apple72.html

very interesting.

plenty of old wild apple trees around
here with very little chance of them
being covered by any sort of patent.

i'd be surprised if i'm the only person
living someplace that has old wild
apple trees. seeds from them can be used
to develop rootstock. if there are laws
against that anyplace i'd be surprised as
they'd be nearly unenforceable.


songbird