Age: | Planted in about |
Rootstock: | own roots |
Soil: | chalk downland - clay 2 feet down - topsoil quite loamy |
Climate at this location: | hillside - spring few days later than main village |
Pruning: | alternate years |
Tree form: | Standard |
Height: | Taller than 15ft / 4m |
Cropping: | Heavy crops |
Growth: | This tree grows fairly well here |
Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
Pesticides: | Organic treatments |
Local pests: | none that cause real problems - the garden has been kept as an organic wildlife garden for the past 10 years and there are many natural predators |
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