Just getting back after surgery

 Been taking it easy after some leg surgery. Everything appears to have gone well with that. Apart from getting out and killing some aphids on various plants; I've been limited to inside. But I did make a new list on Apples that Root by cutting/ have Burr knots.


Here is the latest and greatest compilation list with some surprising entries as of July 11th 2024. I would welcome your input as to trying some of these to confirm the mostly British reporting.



Lots of Burr Knotts:

Benoni

Ben’s Red

Burr Knott

Charlotte Daunt

Cornish Aromatic

Heusgen’s Golden Reinette

Lord Burghley

Rivers Nonsuch

The Nelson

Tom Putt

Winter Banana





At least some Burr Knots:

Appletown Wonder

Arthur W. Barnes

Baldwin

Ballyvaughan Seedling

Beachemwell {Patton & Tathum}

Belle De Pointise

Beverly

Blenium Orange

Blue Pearmain

Brabany Bellfleur

Byford Wonder

Cissy

Colonel Vaughn

Cottenham Seedling

Cox Orange Pippin

Cox Pomona

Devonshire Quarreden

Disharoon

Duke of Devonshire

Edith Hopwood

Egremont Russet

Emneth Early

Empire

Fillingham Pippin

Forest Styre

French Crab

Fréquin Tardive de la Sarthe

Gala

Gascoyne’s Russet

Gibbon’s Russet

Golden Spire

Granny Smith

Hambledon Deux Ans

Holstein

Ibstone Pippin

Irish Pitcher

John Sampson{Taffs Well, Cardiff}

Laxton Fortune

Laxton Superb

Lemon Pippin

Lord Hindlip

Lord Lambourne

Malus floribunda

Malus sylvestris

Manks Codlin

Meile d’Or

Merton Charm

Merton Russet

Mitchellson Seedling

Nancy Crow

Norfolk Royal

Nutmeg Pippin

Oslin

Poor Man’s Profit

Pott’s Seedling

Red Victoria

Reinette de Brucbrucks

Rosemary Russet

Scarlet Crofton

Small’s Admirable(syn Captain Broad)

Sheeps Snout

Sussex Slip

Talgarth

Ulm Police Apple

Warner’s King

Welsch Pitcher

William Crump

Woolbrook Russet

Yellow Pitcher

Certain rootstocks, such as the dwarf M.9 rootstock and semi-dwarf M.7, M.26, MM 106, or MM.111 rootstocks are genetically predisposed to developing burr knots, which can produce burr knots on the undersides of their limbs. Also Malus floribunda, Malus sylvestris or any other hybrids and progeny of those listed may also feature Burr Knots and can be rootable by cutting.


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