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Old Green Gage Gage tree

Owner: stanwatt2008@hotmail.co.uk

Location:  Gardenstown, ABERDEENSHIRE, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2009
Age of this tree:16 years
Rootstock:Chris Bowers 'Supercolumn'
Soil:Sandy loam 
Climate at this location:Typically temperate to good God!
Tree form:Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Does not usually produce any fruit
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Chemical treatments
Local pests:Unknown as yet

Owner's comments

Just planted 22.11.09 (Rootgrow has been applied to the roots of all my trees when planting). No blossom in 2012.

Season records for this tree

  • 2013

    Harvest: 4th week September  4kg / 9lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Mild attack
    Mildew: Mild attack
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Not present
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Codling moth: Not present
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    Deliciously sweet! First cropping. Delighted.