There’s something deeply satisfying about picking a crisp, sun-ripened apple straight from your own tree. Whether you’re ...

Choosing the right rootstock is equally important in selecting the cultivar as it determines the performance of the fruit tree. Today's apple trees are virtually sold as a grafted tree that has a ...

The trees in new-style orchards, though, are grafted onto the roots of "dwarf" trees. And that rootstock revolution "was a massive switch," says Kate Evans, who manages apple breeding at ...

Rootstock influences the winter hardiness and stability of the tree, determines the tree size, fruit-bearing capabilities, and some rootstocks offer disease-resistant characteristics.

If you don't have a lot of space and you want to grow an apple tree, then you probably would want to go with one of the dwarf apples. And dwarf apples are on malling number nine. It's M-A-L-L-I-N ...

So if you’re grafting apple trees, you’ll use apple rootstock. Many gardeners like to graft on rootstock that is on a young, established tree — for instance, an apple tree that has been ...

Full size apple trees commonly take 6 to 10 years before bearing fruit. And for those of us fearful of heights, dwarf apples lets tree care take place with feet planted on, or near, terra firma.

'Plum 'Black Amber' is the best pick for a small garden, only growing to a maximum of 150-200cm tall,' she said. 'They produce delicious fruit in the first year, and lots of it! This dwarf tree is ...

The apple trees were delivered just after I’d left for the weekend. From afar, I fretted over them like a mother hen. ... All of my trees came on G.11 rootstock developed by the New York State ...

The Himachal Seb Utpadak Sangh has urged the state government to stop the removal of apple trees labeled as 'illegally grown' ...

Nurseries sell fruit trees with a tag that calls the tree “semi-dwarf." In our area, an apple that is labeled as semi-dwarf is most likely grafted on to M111 rootstock.