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Enterprise Apple tree

Owner: Rachel

Location:  Shoreline, WASHINGTON, United States

Age:Planted in about 2011
Age of this tree:14 years
Rootstock:M26
Soil:Sandy loam 
Climate at this location:Maritime, Mediterranean
Pruning:Hard pruned to train into a short wide tree
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Light crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated

Owner's comments

From T&L Nursery

Season records for this tree

  • 2015

    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   1.5m / 5.0ft wide
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Not present
    Woolly aphid: Not present
    Codling moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    Very dry spring/summer this year. Growth was minimal.
  • 2014

  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 6 May
    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
  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 25 April
    Pruned out branches that were heading upwards, so light bloom
  • 2011

    Very light bloom this year, put more into growth.
  • 2010

    Tree is very small, so there were only about 5 apples. A little tarter than descriptions would suggest, but still good!
  • 2009


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