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The old wild Sinkhole apple still carrying a nice load of apples with absolutely no care. :)

Is there anywhere to buy Dolgo rootstock in bundles of 50 or 100 at a reasonable price ?

I'm in southcentral Pa zone 6B. My Myers Royal doesn't ripen until Mid-Late October and develop a great sweet-tart taste. My favorite fresh eating apple.

I enjoy preserving them but the Ewalt is of specail interest to me. It was discovered before 1800 on a farm about a dozen miles from my house.

I have Shackelford, Celestia, Elkhorn and Ivanhoe coming. Last year I grafted Streaked Pippin, Nero, Gold Ridge Ewalt and Kittageskee

Just checked on the price of concrete wire at Home Depot and Lowes in southcentral Pa. 5 foot by 150 foot roll. $347 and $409. :emoji_rage: :emoji_rage::emoji_rage:

Thanks for your replys. Ryan at BlueHill wanted my opinion of Galarina and I thought I'd ask on this forum. My experience mirrors all of yours. How about fireblight. Anyone experience it on a Galarina?

Anyone having a problem with Apple Cedar Rust on Galarina?

The Dolgo rootstock that I received from Ryan at Blue Hill had insane roots. :) and there was no way I was going to pot them up in my usual 3 gallon grow bags. So out came the pruners. But then I had all these nice looking pieces of roots that I couldn't let go to waste. So I cleft grafted...

I liked this video

My experience with pears mirrors chickenlittle's. I now let pear rootstock grow for a year before grafting to it and have much better success.

Glad to hear you and your family are safe.

I hiked back to some old apple trees that I had found last spring hoping to find some late hangers. I got lucky and found two trees with a few apples still hanging on. :) One had a few large apples on that were mealy tasting maybe sauce or pie apples, the other tree had small apples that still...

That's a pretty apple. :)

Could be a Roxbury Russet. They also look a lot like my Keener Seedling (Rusty Coat) apple that's still holding on the tree. You definitely need to do so grafting.