Rootstocks

List Of Apple Cultivars - Rootstock Cultivars
... Selection of rootstock cultivars can be difficult vigorous roots tend to give trees that are healthy but grow too tall to be harvested easily without careful pruning, while dwarfing rootstocks result in small ... However, a great deal of work has been done recently introducing new rootstocks in Poland, the U.S ... The Polish rootstocks are often used where cold hardiness in needed ...

Rootstock
... A rootstock is a plant, sometimes just a stump, which already has an established, healthy root system, onto which a cutting or a bud from another plant is grafted ... as vines of grapes and other berries, cuttings may be used for rootstocks, the roots being established in nursery conditions before planting them out ... The plant part grafted onto the rootstock is usually called the scion ...

Malling Series - History
... Rootstocks used to control tree size have been used in apple for over 2,000 years ... Dwarfing rootstocks were probably discovered by chance in Asia ... In the mid 1800s, horticulturists began referring to the rootstocks by name ...

Shield Budding
... The rootstock or stock plant may be cut off above the bud at budding, or one may wait until it is certain that the bud is growing ... Rootstocks are young trees, either seedlings as Mazzard cherries for many cherry varieties, or clonal rootstocks (usually propagated by layering) when one wants highly consistent ... The popular Malling-Merton series of rootstocks for apples was developed in England, and are used today for the majority of the commercial apple orchard trees ...

East Malling Research Station - History - Apple Rootstocks
... initiated the work of classification, testing and standardisation of apple tree rootstocks ... out the incorrect naming and mixtures then widespread in apple rootstocks distributed throughout Europe ... These verified and distinct apple rootstocks are called the "Malling series" ...