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Geneva® 935                                                      

PP Application # 11/047,370

Origin
 Geneva® 935 is a 1976 cross of 'Ottawa 3 X Robusta 5' by the Cornell University/Geneva Apple Rootstock Breeding Program.

Influence on Scion Habit
 Geneva® 935 produces trees slightly larger than trees budded on M-26.  It has had similar efficiency to M-9 along with excellent fruit size and wide crotch angles.  The Geneva® 935 rootstock also shows to be very winter hardy.

Disease Resistance
 Geneva® 935 is highly resistant to fire blight and Phytophthora but is not resistance to woolly apple aphid.

 Nursery Habit
 Geneva® 935 rootstock propagates well in the stoolbed and produces a large tree in the nursery.  The Geneva® 935 is a nursery friendly rootstock.

Horticultural Value
 Geneva® 935 rootstock could be a good replacement for M-26 because its fruit production and able to deal with some of the problems of M-26 rootstock such as fire blight.

 

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