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Alkmene Apple tree

Owner: Gil

Location:  Snohomish, WA, United States

Age:Planted in about 2011
Age of this tree:15 years
Soil:clay loam 
Climate at this location:mediterranean
Tree form:Espalier
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Organic treatments
Local pests:see belle de boskoop

Season records for this tree

  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 22 April
    Harvest: 4th week August  9kg / 20lbs
    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
  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 15 April