2015 Organic Apple Rootstock Trial
Coordinator
Dr. Terence Bradshaw, University of Vermont, Dept. of Agriculture, Landscape, and the Environment, Jeffords Hall, 63 Carrigan Dr. Burlington, VT 05405, Terence.Bradshaw@uvm.edu
Planting locations
CA (2019), CO (2020), ID (2020), MA (2021), MI (2020), NM, Nova Scotia, NY-Ithaca, NY-Geneva, VT, WI (parenthesis denotes when trial ended)
Scion variety
Modi
Rootstocks
G.11, G.41, G.202, G.214, G.935, G.969, G.890, G.222, G.16, M.9T337, Liberty/G.935 (Pollenizer)
Spacing
1.0m X 3.5m
Training and support
Tall Spindle
Annual planting reports
2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015
Publications
Terence Bradshaw, Wesley Autio, Suzanne Blatt, Jon Clements, Todd Einhorn, Rachel Elkins, Esmaeil Fallahi, Poliana Francescatto, Jaume Lordan, Ioannis Minas, Gregory Peck, Terence Robinson, And Shengrui Yao. 2023. Performance of ‘Modi®’ apple trees on several Geneva rootstocks managed organically: Five-year results from the 2015 NC-140 Organic Apple Rootstock. Journal of the American Pomological Society 77(1): 14-27 2023
Clements, J. 2020. 2015 Modi Organic NC-140 Apple Rootstock Trial and Drapenet Demonstration. https://jmcextman.blogspot.com/2020/04/2015-modi-organic-nc-140-apple.html.
Clements, J., E. Garofalo, and W. Autio. 2020. 2015 Modi Organic NBradshawetal2023NC140ModiC-140 Apple Rootstock Trial and Drapenet Demonstration. Fruit Notes 85(3):8-10. Horticultural News 100(3):8-10.
Cowgill, W, M Muehlbauer, W Autio, and J Clements. 2017. Comparison of the effects of ten Geneva rootstocks and M.9 on Modi apple trees in New Jersey. Fruit Notes 82(4):1-3. Horticultural News 97(4):1-3. http://www.umassfruitnotes.com/v82n4/a1.pdf
Cowgill, W.P. M. Muehlbauer, W.R. Autio and J.M. Clements 2017.Comparison of the Effects of Ten Geneva Rootstocks and M.9 on Modi Apple Trees in New Jersey. Fruit Notes, Volume 82, (4) 1-3 http://www.umassfruitnotes.com/v82n4/Cover824.html
Miscellaneous
