Apple rootstocks evaluated for California
Warren C. Micke, UC Davis
James T. Yeager, UC Davis
Paul M. Vossen, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Sonoma
Richard S. Bethell, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Sonoma
John H. Footl, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Sonoma
Ronald H. Tyler, UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Sonoma
California Agriculture 46(2):23-25. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v046n02p23.
Two semidwarfing rootstocks brought trees into bearing more quickly than domestic seedling, once California's major rootstock.
W. C. Micke is Extension Pomologist and Staff Research Associate, respectively, Pomology Department, UC Davis. J. T. Yeager is Extension Pomologist and Staff Research Associate, respectively, Pomology Department, UC Davis. P. M. Vossen is UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Sonoma, El Dorado, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz counties, respectively. R. S. Bethell is UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Sonoma, El Dorado, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz counties, respectively. J. H. Foott is UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Sonoma, El Dorado, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz counties, respectively. R. H. Tyler is UC Cooperative Extension Farm Advisors in Sonoma, El Dorado, San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz counties, respectively.
The authors acknowledge and express their appreciation to John Smith, Farm Advisor Emeritus, and the following growers: Continental Vineyards, Ed Delfino, Mann Orchards, Thomas Marshall and Santa Rosa Junior College.