[Arid_gardener] Apple

[Debora moritz]

I have a young grafted apple - main trunk about 2 inches in diameter - in 
ground two years.  It has Golden Dorsett, Anna and Ein Sheimer varieties.  
It is in a very cold section of my yard.  It has leafed out but no blooms - 
and the leaves are smaller and much more curled than my other two apples 
which did not endure our frosts.

I have read that young apple trees subjected to frost may live on their 
stored nutrients even after their cambium layer is dead.  I have not had the 
strength to cut in and see what the cambium looks like......

I fear it is dying a slow death as it uses its stored nutrients.  Any 
ideas??  Cut now and see what it looks like?  Nurse it along until it is 
clearly dead and then replace??

I have a long history of trying to "rescue" trees and shrubs - ultimately 
spending way more time and energy on a struggling plant then a new 
replacement would require.

Debora
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