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Ribston Pippin Apple tree

Owner: Celia

Location:  Manchester, LANCASHIRE, United Kingdom

Age of this tree:2024 years
Rootstock:M26
Soil:clay loam 
Climate at this location:mild wet winters, cool summers
Pruning:yes
Tree form:Cordon
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Not sure
Local pests:none

Owner's comments

Eating apple, Aromatic and juicy, rich flavour. ripens about late September October, stores well, till December January.

Season records for this tree

  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 21 May
    Size: 2.5m / 8.3ft high   
    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
  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 2 May
    very rainy April