Laxton's Fortune Apple tree

Owner: Zed

Age:	Planted in about 1930
Age of this tree:	95 years
Picking:	late September
Soil:	mostly London clay
Climate at this location:	mild, tree surrounded by high fences
Pruning:	Very little
Tree form:	Not sure
Height:	Taller than 15ft / 4m
Cropping:	Heavy crops
Growth:	This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:	Un-treated
Pesticides:	Un-treated
Local pests:	leaf miner

2020
Spring blossom: 7 April
Harvest: 4th week August 20kg / 44lbs
Size: 7.5m / 25.0ft high 7.5m / 25.0ft wide
Canker: Mild attack
2013 Badly damaged by falling 30+ft pine (lost about third of branches) now mostly recovered and with a good crop. Crisp, white, juicy and sweet fruit.
2020
Spring blossom: 7 April
Harvest: 4th week August 20kg / 44lbs
Size: 7.5m / 25.0ft high 7.5m / 25.0ft wide
Canker: Mild attack
2013 Badly damaged by falling 30+ft pine (lost about third of branches) now mostly recovered and with a good crop. Crisp, white, juicy and sweet fruit.
2012
Spring blossom: 8 April
2011
Spring blossom: 5 April
Harvest: 1st week August
Have already picked large, ripe, sweet and juicy apples -earliest ever.

Uploaded: 26 Oct 2008