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Fameuse Apple tree

Owner: Patrick

Location:  Mount Macedon, VIC, Australia

Age:Planted in about 1990
Age of this tree:35 years
Soil:Clay loam 
Climate at this location:Cool temperate
Pruning:Light thinning and pruning to reduce height for netting.
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Biennial cropping (alternate years)
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Chemical treatments
Pesticides:Chemical treatments
Local pests:Apple scab

Owner's comments

Heavily mulched, animal manures and woodchippings. Humid years give a fair bit of scab. Lime Sulphur in winter helps prevent.

Season records for this tree

  • 2015

    Harvest: 2nd week March  80kg / 176lbs
    Size: 3.0m / 10.0ft high   4.0m / 13.3ft wide
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Great season. Heaps of (small) fruit. Only lightly pruned, and not thinned.