Archive for December 1994
GRAFTING IN FEBRUARY ON POTTED ROOTSTOCKS
— by Dwight Bradley Old Method.—Like most growers in Alaska, I’ve usually done my apple grafting on bare rootstock in April. With whatever thawed soil I can rob from the greenhouse, I pot the new bare-rooted grafts as soon as I can, and stick them in a warm place to callous over and…
Read More1994 MICRO-ORCHARD REPORT FROM SOUTHEAST ALASKA
—by Joe Orsi Since I began planting my micro orchard in Alike Bay near Juneau in 1991, this was the first year many of my trees flowered and set fruit. I had fruit on ten varieties of apples (Centennial, Discovery, Duchess of Oldenburg, Geneva Early, New Summer Scarlet, Red Astrachan, Rescue, Summer Rambo,…
Read MoreINCREASING APPLE CULTIVAR HARDINESS TO -40° F
—by Bernie Nikolai 14012-86 Ave. Edmonton, Alberta T5R4B2 (Reprinted from Pomona, v. 25, no. 4, Fall 1994, with permission) For about the last five years I’ve been experimenting with attempting to significantly increase the hardiness of tender apple cultivars to enable them to survive and produce after prairie Canada’s long, very harsh…
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