Does anyone have trailman apple seeds for sale? I would like to grow some to use as root stock.

Look what hubby bought for me a few days ago! I am so excited! I can't wait for spring to get grafting :D

I like your idea and would like to be a member but I do not like to be in Facebook so I am out.

Sengyan

Sorry to hear that Sengyan. Pleased to meet you. What zone are you? I will post all my info here I get about fruit tree grafting in zones 1 , 2 and 3. I will keep you in the loop :D

Hi Ursula :D You sure can doll, I like trailman because it is cold hardy and very rarely suckers. Thank you so much for enlightening me about these different kinds, I love that I learn so much from you dears that help one another that share your experiences weather they are successes or disappointments those experiences teach us newbies tons :D I am preparing to graft trees in the future so want to plant what seeds I can for root stocks that dont sucker or are very rare to sucker. I ordered some Amur chokecherry seeds, some russian pear seeds and 10 manchurian Apricot tree seeds to plant for root stocks.... I would love to find more cold hardy Apricot seeds and trailman apple seeds.... I cant wait to get started! hehe I have some root stocks coming from Edmonton to do some grafting come spring, I will be needing some scion before they get here hehe Best wishes :D Michelle

I am not sure if a true Trailman apple seed exist, My understanding is that very few apples will come true from seed Antonovka is one that comes to mind.

Because the Trailman was introduced from the Morden research station for the Prairie Fruit Breeding Cooperative I believe it is a cross and so any seedlings will be different from the parent. This means you cannnot be certain that the suckering trait will be gone.

I am doing a small personal study on older and some heirloom apple varieties that have not been tested in this zone yet, my collection is at about 30 so far, I do three grafts of each just to eliminate poor grafting technique, or other factors that may kill the tree along the way. Although most have survived two Sask winters, the real test will be if they bloom, and then to see if our season is long enough to actually produce ripened fruit. Only time will tell.

I may have some scions come spring, depending on the survivability of them this winter.( I also have some apples that are hardy for this zone, Parkland, Rescue, Trailman, Goodland, Norland, Harlson, Sept. Ruby etc.)

Where did you get your Apricot seeds? and Rootstock?

Good day Ursula :D I am ordering some apricot rootstocks from Edmonton, I am also hoping to get some apple root stocks incase come across a few varieties of apple trees I would love. I love good sized apples that will do well in zone 2 that I can process and can and bake with. I hope to figure out which of these trees for zone 2 are the least suckering varieties and find scion to graft a couple a couple varieties. I bought 10 Manchurian Apricot seeds on ebay, I hope to find any zone 2 hardy apricot seeds to use as root stock in a couple/few years. I have a feeling 10 wont be enough . Do you graft , Pear, Plum or Apricot trees? You are so much fun to visit with, I greatly appreciate your company :D Michelle

Hi, Michelle, I have grafted a couple of pears, but not many. I just started into plums this spring. I find that the plums and pears are a little harder than the apples so I usually do more than I need to compensate for this.

I haven't done any apricot yet, but I am considering doing some.. Zone 2 is a tough zone to be in, but the upside of that is we at least do not get the freeze/thaw cycles in mid winter that can kill many trees.

So far, of the marginal apples I have tested ( although they are not old enough for fruit yet) Sweet 16, Wolf river, Honey Gold, and Scarlet Surprise, have done very well with no dieback yet. All are on Siberian rootstock as I have found the other's are not reliably hardy for me.

I started some apple seeds last Jan. and the seedlings did great. There were from Honeycrisp, and Crispin ( aka- Pink Lady) I know they will not come true from seed, and that on their own rootstock probably will not make the winter, but they grew so well that I can cut the tops off for scions and graft this spring. If they live and produce a good apple I will be happy, if they do not, I will still be happy to have tried. For me, the fun is in the process and learning, not necessarily the end result.

I to enjoy talking with others that have enough of a fruit interest to experiment with grafting. Make sure you keep us informed on your seedlings etc.

Ursula

Good morning Ursula :D If you manage to get some hardy apricot root stocks I would graft Westcott or Capilano, seeds from these two varieties and from manchurian Apricot would all make good zone 2 rootstocks to graft to. Casino Apricot is borderline zone 2 so I wouldnt advise using that variety of seed as root stock. I have some Ussurian Pear seeds I plan on planting in January, I hope to find some friendly zone 2 pear scion to graft to the Ussurian root stocks in a couple years. I hope to find scion like Krasnobokaya ( Krasnobokaia?) Pear, Golden Spice Pear, Menie Pear Vekoveya Pear, Ure Pear, ... etc. I hope I can get all 10 of my Manchurian apricot seeds to grow in to my root stocks. And find the right Apricot scion to graft to them. I have a few apple seeds from a local tree, I believe they are going to be a good root stock if they grow hehe

Michelle, would you mind if I ask where you are buying your fruit trees in Edmonton? I am in FSJ and am looking for a supplier. Thx

I am getting my fruit trees from a hobbiest that I became good friends with.. I am in Dawson Creek, a rock throw away haha

Yeah, I saw that! ok, well I will keep looking.

We have a small orchard outside of town here called rhubarb to Roses. They do not graft trees but the order of some trees in?

Michelle your getting right into this stuff, a few years ago I was trying to establish a grown in zone 2 tree nursery. It failed and I took my surviving stock and am now trying to do a fruit u pick. But I did learn lots and tried grafting on to crab. But was growing from seed Anatovacka Apple apparently they make a good root stock you can buy online still early enough you could order and plant this year. Just a thought.

Was at a garage sale today ad the guy is moving out but I saw he has a nice plum tree he sais the plums are real nice. I have 2 weeks in which to take cuttings to graft to several of my 75 cherry plum rootstock when is the right time to get sion. My chums are just swelling and will flower in a few days, so I can hand polinate. I'm hoping the mason bees I bought will help me too.

I am not sure how late you can graft plums. My understanding is it is later than for apple.

Michelle I did get some apricot seedlings, Capilano seedling to be exact, and they are in the ground just starting to leaf out.

Hi Greg :D Thank you so much. I havent heard of that kind of Apple yet but am very interested. I would really like to plant some to use as rootstocks down the road. I am really excited about grafting, so far I grafted 12 Apricot trees, fingers crossed I get at least 1 make it hehe I will be grafting some Pear and Apple trees next weekend providing my rootstocks I ordered arrive by then. I met a very generous friend that mailed me scion for 2 kinds of Pear and 2 kinds of Apple, him doing this kind act gave me a chance for more experience grafting... I am so super grateful :D

Ubro, that is so awesome, I think it is still soon enough to graft Apple, Pear and Apricot as long as things arent all leafed out? Where are you guys in Zone 2? I am in Dawson Creek.

This is what I have so far...

1 Casino Apricot

1 Toka Plum

1 Pembina Plum

1 Krazulya Pear

1 Bolshaya Pear

All are new trees but when my trees mature enough I don't mind sharing scion with you guys :D

Sheffield.com all sorts of exotic seed you will be interested in. The anatovaca need 60 days cold stratafying so if you hurry you could get them in the ground by July.

I know where ther are 2 pear trees in town here one small pear probably usearian and on large fruiting pear no idea name.

Thank you so much Greg, I am def going to check that out :D I am stoked for next spring, I just might be able to graft to my two Plum trees and my Casino Apricot tree possibly as soon as that. I have a nephew with property, I get to plant trees there and scoop scion wood at will down the road hehe He wants fruit trees,I want a place to plant them,,, we are both happy :D

I am in North Central Sask. I have been doing mostly apples for the last 3 years. I have about 40 varieties almost all grafted to Siberian apple rootstock ( the most hardy for this area) and a few to Ranetka which is not supposed to be quite as hardy. This year I did a few on Dolgo rootstock so we'll see.

I just started plums and apricots.

I find Golden Spice to be excellent for eating, but it flowers very early at our latitude (I'm in Peace River, AB); mine's in full flower now. This might be a worry for you if you frequently get late freezes, which is less of a worry (knock on wood) in our large river valley.

My 'Ure' is incredibly robust, but its fruit is kind of nasty...mealy and sour. You also have to ripen it off the tree.

When I purchased my two plum trees I looked into how well they would pollinate each other, secondly I looked into the quality of fruit. So Pembina and Toka were my choice winning space in my yard hehe