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Keswick Codlin Apple tree

Owner: Sally

Location:  Banbury, OXFORDSHIRE, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about
Rootstock:Not known
Blossom:late April- May
Picking:Late Sept-Oct
Climate at this location:temperate, fairly sheltered.
Pruning:cut back long shoots
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Not sure
Cropping:Heavy crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:earwigs and woodlice and birds.Possibly some woody canker.

Owner's comments

Wonderful tree, crops well every year, despite falling down. Fruit crisp to eat, with acid sweetness, especially straight from tree. Cooks to sweet fluff. Keeps well till next spring even without special care,if you can keep the mice away.