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Bramley's Seedling Apple tree

Owner: Jan

Location:  Castel D'Aiano, BOLOGNA, Italy

Age:Planted in about
Rootstock:MM106 (I think)
Soil:shallow clay/chalk on rock 
Climate at this location:hot dry summers, long severe winters
Pruning:Not yet
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Chemical treatments
Local pests:aphids,canker,codling moth,deer,wild boar,processional (I think moths) plant louse (some kind of sap-sucking hemipteran)

Owner's comments

Lost first really heavy potential crop of fruit in violent hailstorm 1st week June 2011, leaves shredded. Let's hope for better things in 2012.