2014 Apple Rootstock Trial
Coordinator
John Cline, University of Guelph, Department of Plant Agriculture, Box 587, 1283 Blueline Road, Simcoe, Ontario Canada N3Y 4N5 Tel: 519-426-7127 Ext. 331 Fax: 519-426-1225 Email: jcline@uoguelph.ca
Planting locations
AL, ID, IN, MA, ME, MN, NC, NJ, NY, Ontario, PA, SC, UT, VA, WA, WI
Scion/rootstock
Honeycrisp: B.10, G.11, G.202, G.214, G.30, G.41, G.5890, G.935, G.969, M.26 EMLA, M.9 T337, V.1 (USA Only), V.5, V.6, V.7
'Aztec' Fuji: same as Honeycrisp excluding G.5890
Spacing
4 ft. by 12 ft. (Honeycrisp) or 5 ft. by 13 ft. (Fuji)
Training and support
Tall Spindle
Annual planting reports
2019Fuji |2019Honeycrisp | 2018Fuji | 2018Honeycrisp | 2017Fuji | 2017Honeycrisp | 2016 | 2015
Publications
J.A. Cline, W. Autio, J. Clements, W. Cowgill, R. Crassweller, T. Einhorn, P. Francescatto, L. Gonzalez Nieto, E. Hoover, G. Lang, J. Lordan, R. Moran, M. Muehlbauer, S. Musacchi , Dr. R. Parra Quezada, J. Schupp, S. Serra, S. Sherif, T. Robinson, R. Wiepz, J. Zandstra. Performance of ‘Honeycrisp’ Apple Trees on Several Size-Controlling Rootstocks in the 2014 NC-140 Rootstock Trial after Ten Years. Vol. 79 No. 3 (2025): Journal of the American Pomological Society https://journal.americanpomological.org/index.php/jofaps/article/view/19
Muehlbauer, M., W. Cowgill, J. Clements, and W. Autio. 2019. Update on the 2014 NC-140 Honeycrisp and Aztec Fuji rootstock trials in New Jersey and Massachusetts. Fruit Notes 84(2):15-18. Horticultural News 99(2):15-18. http://www.umassfruitnotes.com/v84n2/a3.pdf http://www.horticulturalnews.org/99-2/a3.pdf
Miscellaneous
Flickr photo set of trees at planting, April 2014, University of Massachusetts Cold Spring Orchard
Web page gallery of trees, October 2014 (1st-leaf) at UMass Cold Spring Orchard, Belchertown, MA