Mutsu Apple tree
Owner: Elizabeth
Location: Evesham, WORCESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom
Age: | Planted in about |
Soil: | heavy clay |
Pruning: | yes |
Tree form: | Bush (wider at top than bottom) |
Height: | Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m |
Cropping: | Biennial cropping (alternate years) |
Growth: | This tree grows easily here |
Herbicides: | Un-treated |
Pesticides: | Not sure |
Local pests: | codling moth |
Owner's comments
This tree was planted around the time of the Chernobyl disaster, I remember it growing with corkscrew shoots soon after, later it sorted itself out and now produces enormous crops of lovely apples, some bitterpit on the skins but keep well till feb/MarchSeason records for this tree
2010
Spring blossom: 2 May