Re: Apple rootstocks or Crabapples

Thanks for the suggestions.

You see, I need the vigor to compensate for the deer damage that we get
here. Own root (ie. rootstock) would ensure that it comes back true when it
is nibbled down. We have 66 acres of ex-timberland and I was planning on
these for the edges of the woods. Any sources on the bloom characteristics
of Apple and Crabapple rootstocks? Obviously, seedlings are unpredictable,
but I thought most Apple rootstocks such as the MM series were asexually
propagated, ie. by "stooling"

Up close to the house, I have a better chance to defend against deer and I
will consider named cultivars.

>   If I were choosing a crabapple for myself, I'd go with Malus ioensis
>   'Klehm's Improved Bechtel'.  It still has some slight disease problems,
>   but it has a great fragrance, awesome double pink flowers, and blooms
>   about two weeks later than most crabs.  If you're interested, I can
>   post a photo or two.

"Great fragrance" is highly desireable to me. How do you think it would do
in our very long hot, dry but very humid summers? This year we have only
had two rains since May.

Beth Matney <bmatney@mail.alltel.net>
central Arkansas USDA zone 7b

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