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James Grieve Apple tree

Owner: Robert

Location:  Ayr, AYRSHIRE, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2010
Age of this tree:16 years
Soil:clay 
Climate at this location:temperate
Pruning:prune
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Does not usually produce any fruit
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Un-treated
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:local birds

Season records for this tree

  • 2014

    Pruned in December 2013.mulched April 2014
  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 30 May
    Harvest: 1st week October  1kg / 2lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   1.5m / 5.0ft wide
    produced 10 apples bird got8 I got2. Pruned in December.
  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 26 May
  • 2011

    Spring blossom: 27 April
  • 2010

    Spring blossom: 30 April
    Harvest: 2nd week September
    1st Season Planted 30th April