Apple Grafting

[espookid]

Hi
I was thinking of grafting an apple tree but it is very cold here in the winter saying that we have many apple types ,not sadly cox's or russets
So to the question is the hardiness of the tree determined by the rootstock or will the scions just die
Is an apple an apple ?

[woofgang]

That depends. Frozen ground will kill the roots of a tender plant, low air temperatures will kill the top growth, both will kill both. Can I ask where you live that it gets so cold?

[espookid]

Hi
I live in Finland and we get -30 some winters but we have indigenous apple trees ,well I suppose they aren't but they live and produce here fine
The question was ,is it the root or will the scion dictate the fate of my efforts ?

[woofgang]

as i said, frozen ground will kill the root, frozen air temps will kill the scion. Try grafting it to local hardy rootstock and swathing it in insulating material during the winter

[Bromsgrove]

Hello, just to say if you like the flavour of Cox try Sunset with has Cox in its line I grow this very sucessfully i n the North of England