M27Very-dwarf apple rootstock

‘M.27 EMLA' is a very dwarfing rootstock and is probably too dwarfing for most commercial situations, except for vigorous cultivars on vigorous sites; but consider it for home gardens where a small tree is desirable. If handled and spaced properly, it can be a very productive stock for a vertical axe system. Trees on ‘M.27 EMLA' are very precocious and productive. High yield efficiency.

This rootstock has been evaluated in several NC-140 trials and trees are about 30%-50% as large as trees on ‘M.9-T337'. Very poor tolerance of infertile soils, waterlogging and dry soils.

To date, most commercial nurseries are using this rootstock only as an interstem piece on ‘MM.106' or ‘MM.111'.