Kidd's Orange Red Apple tree
Owner: Richard
Location: York, YORKSHIRE, United Kingdom
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| Age: | Planted in about 1990 |
| Age of this tree: | 36 years |
| Rootstock: | MM106 |
| Picking: | Late September |
| Soil: | Good loam |
| Climate at this location: | Mild winters, dry but cool summers |
| Pruning: | Never pruned |
| Tree form: | Bush (wider at top than bottom) |
| Height: | Taller than 15ft / 4m |
| Cropping: | Light crops |
| Growth: | This tree grows easily here |
| Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
| Pesticides: | Un-treated |
| Local pests: | Codling moth in some years. |
Owner's comments
Has grown into a large tree, rather larger than I expected! Very easy to grow. The crop is however rather small given the size of the tree, but in hindsight I should have perhaps trained it a bit better as most of the apples are borne on the lower branches. The apples are unevenly shaped and sized. Flavour improves for about a month after picking.Season records for this tree
2025
Spring blossom: 19 April2024
Spring blossom: 18 April2020
Spring blossom: 22 April2019
Spring blossom: 26 April2017
Spring blossom: 28 April2015
Spring blossom: 5 May2013
Spring blossom: 21 May2012
Spring blossom: 25 April
Harvest: 3rd week October 10kg / 22lbs
Size: 5.0m / 16.7ft high 3.0m / 10.0ft wide
Canker: Not present
Scab: Not present
Mildew: Not present
Fireblight: Not present
Cedar-apple rust: Not present
Woolly aphid: Not present
Codling moth: Mild attack2011
Spring blossom: 19 April
Harvest: 1st week October
Good flavour this year, as usual not a particularly heavy crop.2010
Spring blossom: 10 May