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Count Althann's gage Gage tree

Owner: Johan

Location:  Gent, OOST-VLAANDEREN, Belgium

Age:Planted in about 2010
Age of this tree:16 years
Soil:sandy 
Climate at this location:temperate
Pruning:Not yet, it is too small
Tree form:Half-standard
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated

Owner's comments

Syn: Conducta. Actually, this tree is a similar variety: the Conducta de Wallon, with earlier fertility. Purchase date: Jan 2010.

Season records for this tree

  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 30 April
  • 2012

    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   
    Systematic frost damage to the blossoms, a few gages formed anyway. The first gage ever on this tree got ripe and was picked in first week of August.
  • 2010

    Spring blossom: 19 April