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Sweet Sixteen Apple tree

Owner: Jon

Location:  Shaw Island, WA, United States

Age:Planted in about 2012
Age of this tree:14 years
Rootstock:EMLA 26
Soil:Silty Clay Loam 
Climate at this location:USDA Zone 8. Mild winter/cool summer PNW Marine
Pruning:Pruned annually for production and size control
Tree form:Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Heavy crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Organic treatments

Season records for this tree

  • 2019

    Harvest: 2nd week September  30kg / 66lbs
    Size: 2.5m / 8.3ft high   
    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
    Good crop. Leaf roller midge damage.

  • 2017

    Harvest: 2nd week September  40kg / 88lbs
    Size: 2.5m / 8.3ft high   
    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

  • 2015

    Harvest: 2nd week September  35kg / 77lbs
    Size: 2.5m / 8.3ft high   
    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
    Big crop this year

  • 2014

    Harvest: 2nd week September  20kg / 44lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   
    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

  • 2013

    Harvest: 2nd week September  10kg / 22lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   
    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
    First crop. Beautiful, tasty apples.