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Sir Isaac Newton's Tree Apple tree

Owner: Jill

Location:  Yarmouth, ISLE OF WIGHT, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about
Rootstock:M25
Soil:wet clay in meadow beyond Orchard Lee 
Pruning:first year whip
Tree form:Standard
Height:Not sure
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Not sure

Owner's comments

Part of new grouping, aligned with Norfolk Royal ( 2004), next to apple Josephine, Quince, and behind cookers Stirling Castle, Coeur de boeuf. Soil very wet, probably badly drained although at top of slope.