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Yellow Transparent Apple tree

Owner: Kathy

Location:  White Heath, ILLINOIS, United States

Age:Planted in about 1990
Age of this tree:35 years
Climate at this location:zone 5
Pruning:no
Tree form:Standard
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Biennial cropping (alternate years)
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Un-treated
Pesticides:Un-treated

Season records for this tree

  • 2014

    Harvest: 2nd week August  250kg / 550lbs
    Size: 4.5m / 15.0ft high   
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Mild attack
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Codling moth: Not present
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    biggest harvest we have ever had. I will never get to stop canning applesauce I fear.