I grew up with monarch apples in pies, mousse, cake, crumble, with custard or ice cream, as sauce with pork, and best of all baked with golden syrup and a bit of butter, mmmmmwwwah! Heaven on a plate! Well, in a dish, actually.
Mum has only one tree left and it doesn't crop much at all. I have three (the same age as Mum's) but two had kill or cure treatment some years ago (pollarded) and look a right mess, don't crop well, are huge, still have canker, and generally have got to go. The third I will try and rejuvenate, but I would like to have a replacement developing in case I kill it.
It would be nice to have one on dwarfing rootstock as I don't really like climbing ladders in the garden, but I'm not having any luck finding any at all.
Does anyone know where I can get one or two? Preferably on dwarfing rootstock, but any at all would be better than nowt. Alternatively where could I get a half dozen or so suitable rootstocks to graft my own onto?
If I get really desperate is there any point trying to propagate from cuttings?