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5 - EMLA 27 Root-Stocks - OR
5 - M-9 (T337) Root-Stocks - OR
5 - EMLA 9 Root-Stocks

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EMLA 27 – 20% of seedling – About 6’ to 10’ Tall
ULTRA DWARFING - SMALLEST of the SMALL
*Great for small garden spaces, patio containers, trellised hedges, fence lines and espalier rows.
*Must be staked when planted as a single tree.
*Needs little pruning after the first five years, except for occasional shortening back of compound spurs.
*Scion varieties grown on EMLA 27 grow into small, compact, precocious trees and rarely sucker.
*Varieties grown on EMLA 27 produce a good quality of fruit and generally start to yield heavy crops after the second year of first dormancy.


M-9 (T337) – 35% of seedling – About 12’ to 16’ Tall
DWARFING - 2nd In our SMALL TREE CATAGORY
*Induces early cropping with large fruit size.
*Good for High density plantings on trellised rows.
*Great for small garden spaces, trellised hedges, fence lines and espalier rows.
*Must be staked when planted as a single tree.
*A regular spray program is recommended.


EMLA 9 – 40% of seedling – About 14’ to 18’ Tall
DWARFING - 3rd In our SMALL TREE CATAGORY
*Induces cropping early in the life of the tree.
*Roots are brittle, trees on this root-stock require staking throughout their life.
*Fruit is larger and ripens earlier in the season, especially during the early years of the tree’s life.
*Trees on EMLA 9 show a wide degree of tolerance to soil conditions, withstanding heavy soils and wet conditions. It is not, however, suitable for dry light soils.
Rootstock – The root system and the base of the trunk below the graft union or graft knot. Rootstock is bread specifically for grafting or budding purposes. It is used for specific growth habits of a tree, such as tree height and overall size, disease resistance, soil adaptivity to various types of soil, precocity, and other growth factors.

Rootstock determines the height of your tree. A tree grown from an apple seed will be about 40 feet tall. When shopping for rootstock, all rootstock descriptions feature a “percentage of seedling.” When you see the percentage of seedling this means the tree will grow to the percentage of the full seeded height.

EXAMPLE: If you see a stock rated 20% seedling, the equation looks likethis:40 ft. x .20=a tree that will be approximately 8 feet tall. Like humans, height is not an exact science so your range may be a few feet on either side of the average.

Grafting onto rootstock is fun and very "graftifying." You will need apple rootstock, apple scion wood, a very sharp knife, waterproof grafting tape and a nursery pot and soil. Check out our grafting tool kit in our store along with an excellent selection of scion wood.

Once you have grafted your new tree, it will be ready to plant in its permanent location in about a year. You should see a fruit crop by year three. Happy Grafting!

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