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Melrose Apple tree

Owner: Florian

Location:  Brush Prairie, CLARK COUNTY WA, United States

Age:Planted in about
Tree form:Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Chemical treatments
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:Scab, Coddling Moth

Owner's comments

Excellent keeper but susceptible to scab. Coddling moths seem to like this tree as well as black bears. One broke through the gate last summer and almost destroyed the tree to harvest the apples.

Season records for this tree

  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 6 May