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Bramley's Seedling Apple tree

Owner: Pete

Location:  Cumbria, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about
Rootstock:MM106
Picking:late Sept/Early October
Soil:stony loam 
Climate at this location:mild and wet
Pruning:Regulatory but also to remove canker
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows fairly well here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Chemical treatments
Local pests:codling moth, earwigs

Owner's comments

This tree grows well enough but does not like our high rainfall. It is very susceptible to Canker and I have to keep cutting out infected branches on a regular basis and treating the tree with spray to try and reduce attacks; therefore in my area it requires high maintenance. Given a good spring it will produce an enormous crop which if thinned, make very good apples; I have kept them in my shed until April.