MM.111 apple rootstock
This information forms part of Agfact H4.1.10 Apple rootstock identification.
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MM.111 branch |
MM.111 leaf |
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| Origin | East Malling and John Innes, England. Northern Spy × Merton 793 (1920s). |
| Description | Leaf: medium large, upfolded with slightly wavy edges, shiny, pubescent when young. Shape: ovate, roundish, tip mucronate, base truncate. Margin: often lobed or misshapen, coarsely or acutely serrate. Stipules: small, narrow, inconspicuous. Shoot: two-year wood dull red brown. |
| Vigour | Similar to, but more vigorous than, MM.106. |
| Propagation | Produces well in stool beds. |
| Resistance | Collar rot and woolly aphid resistant. |
| Uses | Adapted to heavy soils with few losses from collar rot. Well anchored. Used in USA for spur-type varieties, and in replant land. Very productive stock. Can be used with precocious new varieties (for example, Fuji, Gala, Pink Lady) on shallow, less fertile, soils. |