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Irish Peach Apple tree

Owner: Jon

Location:  Brigg, LINCOLNSHIRE, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2004
Age of this tree:21 years
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Light crops
Growth:This tree does not grow well here
Herbicides:Un-treated
Pesticides:Un-treated

Season records for this tree

  • 2015

    Spring blossom: 25 April

  • 2014

    Harvest: 3rd week August  1kg / 2lbs
    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   
    Scab: Mild attack
    Tree still struggling to fully establish after moving it in winter 2012-2013. Apples kept to just a handful, but still very small. Good flavour, but is it worth the effort?