posted 14 years ago
During a hurricane some 22 years ago, a winesap apple tree was uprooted and fell over near the house I currently live in (I wasn't here then, being only 3 years old at the time). But it continued to live and grow and after years of neglect I pruned off a lot of wood this winter and now there looks to be a large set of fruit getting bigger by the day. Apples seem pretty tough.
That said, it sounds like your tree broke? There are possibilities of bridge grafts if some of the cambium is still attached. If nothing else, get it up and wrapped and staked soon if there is any attachment remaining. If not, I think the tree is lost. Possibly the root system might send up new shoots and you could graft onto those, but after a major loss at this time of year, the roots might be exhausted...