Allen Teach: The letter from Kevin Versnyder does not appear in my inbox, but in your included reference it makes me ask this question: Does someone have information that Geneva 202 influences fruit size, or produces bud-union failures?
David Kollas Kollas Orchard, Connecticut On Jun 1, 2014, at 10:20 PM, Allen Teach - Sunrise Orchard <sunr...@mwt.net> wrote: > In late March 2009 I saw amazing block of Honeycrisp on B118 very close to > Gebber's pack house in WA. The rows were 8' apart but I do not remember the > other spacing. I would like to see the block now but at the time it was very > impressive. > > Allen Teach > Gays Mills, WI > > -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Versnyder > Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2014 8:35 PM > To: apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > Subject: [apple-crop] Honeycrisp on bud 118 > > Hugh, I have some honeys on bud 118 at 4 ft apart and it's working well. I > have sandy loam soil so that's the only reason it's working. Return bloom > hasn't been spectacular so I really think more dwarfing stocks are the way to > go or maybe simply blossom thinning would be the answer? This year I put them > in on g202 so hopefully the smaller apple it produces will help with bitter > pit. We did lose 51 trees to bud union failure before we even got them out of > the box. It sounds like g41 offers the best return bloom similar to g30 which > is the best I've seen. > > Kevin J. VerSnyder > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop > > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.net > http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop _______________________________________________ apple-crop mailing list apple-crop@virtualorchard.net http://virtualorchard.net/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
