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Bountiful Apple tree

Owner: Andrew

Location:  Eastleigh, HAMPSHIRE, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about
Rootstock:M106
Blossom:April
Picking:September
Soil:London Clay 
Climate at this location:Warm, town environment, slight frost pocket, cool misty mornings
Pruning:Annual
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Heavy crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:Codling moth, bitter pip, brown rot

Owner's comments

Productive in 2008. Approximately 200 large apples. About 5 apples in 2009 Approximately 250 large apples in 2010. Some bitter pip (5%) and some Codling moth (5%) damage. Approsimately 25 apples in 2011. Seems to hav e gone biennial. No bitter pip following treatment with gardeners lime A wonderful year with about 500 good apples, when so many local hedgerow trees have none.

Season records for this tree

  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 30 April
    Harvest: 3rd week September
    Excellent year, approximately good quality apples

Bountiful apple tree

Bountiful apple tree

Copyright: Andrew Ross

Uploaded: 26 Aug 2010

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Bountiful apples

Bountiful apples

Copyright: Andrew Ross

Uploaded: 26 Aug 2010

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