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Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:

I have acess to cuttings from a rootstock tree. The grafted top blew
down in a gale and the apples which came on the regrowth were entirely
different from what were on the bit which came off. They are in
themselves, pretty respectable cookers.

Bramley cuttings ought to make good rootstock, too.

Eeek. Bramley is a very vigorous big tree. I think most apples would be a
better bet on their own roots than on bramley!

Good-oh!. family tree on a Bramley stock. I've got room to put one
decent sized tree.

About the only reason apples are grafted on to rootstocks is to reduce the
size of the tree/bush. Different root stock given different "dwarfing"
characteristics. For more info google for "apple root stock types"

I'm happy with 'vigorous'. If you restrict the growth by pruning, the
rest of it won't get too out-of-hand.

Not in my lifetime, anyway.

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Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:

Good-oh!. family tree on a Bramley stock. I've got room to put one
decent sized tree.

About the only reason apples are grafted on to rootstocks is to reduce the
size of the tree/bush. Different root stock given different "dwarfing"
characteristics. For more info google for "apple root stock types"

I'm happy with 'vigorous'. If you restrict the growth by pruning, the
rest of it won't get too out-of-hand.

Not in my lifetime, anyway.

I've got a bramley on M25 which is proving a brute - I wish you every luck
in attempting to control one on it's own roots!

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I've got a bramley on M25 which is proving a brute - I wish you every luck
in attempting to control one on it's own roots!

Ah, so that explains the traffic standstill then.

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Rusty
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This will be the 106 which is very good in its own right. It is unnamed and
strikes well from cuttings. Other numbered rootstocks all have a distinct
crab apple flavour.

Got 11 cuttings of the probable M106 which I shall poke into the ground
tomorrow.

Must make some tags.

I make tags by cutting up thin white polythene bottles like thin bleach
or washing-up squeezees, and punching holes with a leather punch. A hot
skewer will do instead.

Some felt-tip pens work on them, or Chinagraph. (Or steel punches...)

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Rusty
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Rusty Hinge 2 wrote:

Some felt-tip pens work on them,

Many such pens (even the "permanent" ones) fade badly in the sunlight, or
just with time. I only depend on such for a single season, and they're
often nearly unreadable by fall.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G