Ashmead's Kernel Apple tree
Owner: Hugh
Location: Kingsbridge, United Kingdom
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| Age: | Planted in about 2010 |
| Age of this tree: | 16 years |
| Soil: | acid shillet, on a south slope |
| Climate at this location: | mild, wet and windy |
| Pruning: | Keep it in espalier form, just now reaching it final extent. |
| Tree form: | Espalier |
| Height: | Up to 6ft / 2m |
| Cropping: | Medium crops |
| Growth: | This tree grows easily here |
| Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
| Pesticides: | Un-treated |
Season records for this tree
2022
Spring blossom: 3 May
Good blossom this year2017
Spring blossom: 8 May
Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high 2.5m / 8.3ft wide2016
Harvest: 2nd week November 7kg / 15lbs
Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high 2.5m / 8.3ft wide
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
Not a heavy crop this year, but staying on the tree until mid-November. Some picked from mid-October.