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Laxton's Superb Apple tree

Owner: Norman

Location:  Lewes, EAST SUSSEX, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2008
Age of this tree:19 years
Soil:chalky 
Tree form:Fan
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Biennial cropping (alternate years)
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated

Season records for this tree

  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 27 April
    Size: 3.0m / 10.0ft 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

  • 2009

    Crop not as prolific as last season probably only