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Gascoyne's Scarlet Apple tree

Owner: Lenore

Location:  Beverley, EAST YORKS, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about
Picking:Mid October
Soil:slightly chalky 
Climate at this location:moderately sheltered and dryish
Pruning:to maintain health
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Taller than 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated

Owner's comments

Looks beautiful at both blossom and harvest time- scarlet is no exaggeration

Season records for this tree

  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 7 May
    slower to flower and not so much as some years.. Nothing to harvest- so sad.