Sorry guys, The photo tells all and for some reason I can not let you see them. If anyone wants I can send you them separate.
Just let me know. John Belisle [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: Apple-Crop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 4:30 PM To: John L. Belisle Subject: Re: Grafting rot second try. >This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > >------=_NextPart_000_01BC_01C885E6.42D5A890 >Content-Type: multipart/alternative; > boundary="----=_NextPart_001_01BD_01C885E6.42DD49B0" > > >------=_NextPart_001_01BD_01C885E6.42DD49B0 >Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > > >help! > > > >The story is 7 year old Jonagold on 9 grafted over to Belle de Boskoop, >Orin, Gravenstien,and newer strains of Jonagold. > >I have grafted prior to this failure with 99% success in past years.i have >grafted if 6,000 tress with less than 1% loss until this > > > >The rot takes place the first summer at about 10% mortality. It can not be >pruned out. Seems to always come back. > > > >The second year it seems to develop over the winter and it is more prevalent >as spring progress. Last years growth can develop cankers any place any time >in the branches or trunk. It then moves quickly down the new trunk into the >older wood below it. > > > >This pattern from healthy with no visible problems changing into fast >creeping rot can kill 90% of the grafts over a 4 year period. > > > >Fire blight has never been a problem in my growing area. The springs >are to >cool for the bacteria to reproduce at bloom. > > > >I have sent samples to labs with the results being only normal >background fungi present. Seems normal is not so normal in my orchard. Your message could not be posted to the Apple-Crop list because the message seemed to contain an enclosure. For more information, you can contact the list administrator at: jmcextman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 'Apple-Crop' LISTSERV is sponsored by the Virtual Orchard <http://www.virtualorchard.net> and managed by Win Cowgill and Jon Clements <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Apple-Crop is not moderated. Therefore, the statements do not represent "official" opinions and the Virtual Orchard takes no responsibility for the content.
