Spring blossom: 7 May
Harvest: 2nd week October 7kg / 15lbs
2020
Spring blossom: 24 April
Harvest: 4th week October 20kg / 44lbs Good harvest in a good year for nearly all trees. Very late for picking: Last apples picked on 11 November.
2019
Spring blossom: 25 April
Harvest: 4th week October 15kg / 33lbs
Size:
2.0m / 6.7ft high Scab: Mild attack One of only two trees with a crop this year. Fruit was affected by sooty blotch - see https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=737 - but flavour was not affected.
Fruit was ready for harvest quite late on - even into early November, when apples were still firmly attached.
2018
Spring blossom: 6 May
Harvest: 3rd week October 9kg / 20lbs
2017
Spring blossom: 17 April
Harvest: 2nd week October 3kg / 7lbs
Size:
2.5m / 8.3ft high 1.5m / 5.0ft wide A reasonable crop of mainly small apples, but promising for future years.
2016
Spring blossom: 12 May
Size:
2.0m / 6.7ft high 1.5m / 5.0ft wide Very little blossom this year.
Just a few good-sized apples - c. 0.5Kg
2015
Spring blossom: 28 April
Harvest: 4th week October
Size:
2.0m / 6.7ft high 1.0m / 3.3ft wide First season for any fruit. Mostly small, but a few good sized apples. Flavour average.
