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Scrumptious Apple tree

Owner: Andrew

Location:  St Saviour, GUERNSEY, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2011
Age of this tree:15 years
Rootstock:MM106
Soil:clay based good 
Climate at this location:mild, windy
Pruning:prune
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Light crops
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:codling moth

Owner's comments

planted March 2011

Season records for this tree

  • 2016

    Spring blossom: 11 May
  • 2015

    Harvest: 4th week August  1kg / 2lbs
  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 20 April
    Harvest: 3rd week August  2kg / 4lbs
  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 6 May
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Not present
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Codling moth: Not present
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    very cold spring blossom late
  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 27 April
    Harvest: 3rd week August  1kg / 2lbs
    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   1.0m / 3.3ft wide
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Not present
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Codling moth: Not present
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    cool April blossom slow to open, fruit quality average
  • 2011

    Spring blossom: 8 April
    new tree