Michael, my name is randy and i have a small farm in ne montana which is zone 4 for growing. i operate a parrot rescue up here and i was wondering if you could send my some apple tree starts that you could recommend for this zone. i have 13 apple trees that produce some small apples which have good taste just do not grow many. the fresh apples helps to feed the parrots we rescue and on this farm i would like to start growing more fruits for them, i could send you tomato, squash, pumpkin or salad green seeds or hot peppers in exchange and i would gladly help with postage, i have like 20 varieties of peppers, 30 types of tomatoes and variuos squashes and so on. please let me know my email is aplace2fledge@yahoo.com

Thanks Raven - I know what you mean! Have you or anyone else had left over wood and tried to graft with it the following year? About 75% of the 2010 scions I have look totally fine. I kept them exactly at 34 degrees with damp (not wet) paper towels in ziplock bags. I have some dormant potted M7 and M111 and I was considering grafting them now and storing them in a cool place (garage, barn or basement) just to see what happens.

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lycheeluva, I would like to try those gages on my Italian plum. Might even help a bit with fruit set. I have many patented and young varieties that limits my selection for scion wood. The plum trees I have for scion wood are; Superior, Toka, Stanley, Italian, Santa rosa. The young plum trees for scion wood next or maybe late season; Shiro, Alderman, Improved Duarte, Spring satin plumcot, Methley.