Jack air layering will give you a clone of the tree and not necessarily a full size tree. I will be experimenting this year with apple trees as I have successfully done it with a fig tree. Many methods out there as to what to use and how to do it but there is nothing g to lose if you are going...
Belle de Boskoop is good apple and I like Calville Blanc but a great late apple is Granny Smith and Pink Lady or Cripps Pink. They have held apples here in PA into rifle season or around mid December
Chad
dont worry about bees unless you get over 500 trees. Use that money for more trees. I am sure there are enough pollinators in your area to take care of those trees. I have over 400 trees in 3 diffe locations on my farm and I get plenty of apples. Your rootstock needs support so I would...
What kind of results are you providing I don’t think GRIN wants to know how many grafts and which ones survive. My Pitch was that I wanted to try certain scion varieties on certain type of rootstock to see if there were any issues. Now I don’t know exactly what that means but every year I...