Apple Rootstocks
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Comments for Missouri: Jim Pierce
Almost all of ours is on mm111. That rootstock you took way back then is 111 if you still have any of it. When you try to shorten the time to fruit you will end up with a lot more management issues. Plant a tree that has lesser demands, otherwise you will end up with way more to do. That’s my opinion. Shorter time to fruit is nice, but long term more work. Discussion with Jim Cummins, who worked at Cornell, led us to choose 111.
http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/hort/breeders/appleroots/Factsheets/FSAccess.htm
http://extension.missouri.edu/publications/DisplayPub.aspx?P=G6021
What varieties are you grafting?
Jim Pierce
Farm Outreach Worker
Clay and Platte Counties
Innovative Small Farmers Outreach Program
Lincoln University Cooperative Extension
660.232.1096
West Orchards
Emla 111 has been pretty good overall for us. So that's what I just bought 150 of too. We are still grafting and I gave a class last week on it. Bud 9 didn't work well for me. But it does have a lot of good reviews. Emla 111 is I think still very good. Good luck with it. Dan
