APPLE ROOTSTOCKS
Seedling

SIZE CLASS 10

Seedling



Pedigree

Various

 

Precocity

Poor, variable

Productivity

Poor, variable

Scion Fruit Size

Variable
Scion Fruit Quality Variable

Anchorage

Good, free standing

Fire blight

Variable

Crown & Root Rots

Variable

Woolly Apple Aphid

Variable - Northern Spy progeny are often resistant

Powdery Mildew

Variable

Hardiness (Midwinter)

Variable
Bud Break Variable
Leaf Fall Variable

Suckering

Heavy, variable

Burrknots

Light, variable

Stoolbed Performance

Not stooled

Virus hypersensitivities

Variable

Experience

Extensive

Sources

 

Strains

Seeds of Northern Spy and Spur type Red Delicious are often chosen as seedling rootstocks.

Observations, suspicions, history

Seedling rootstocks are not extensively used commercially in North America at this time because they produce very large trees that are economically inefficient. Seedling trees are phenotypically and genetically variable, and their performance cannot be predicted.

 

 

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Last modified September 21, 1999.