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Falstaff Apple tree

Owner: Bruce

Location:  Taunton, SOMERSET, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2011
Age of this tree:14 years
Rootstock:M106
Soil:Clay loam over sand 
Tree form:Half-standard
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:Not specified
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Organic treatments
Local pests:Remained pest free this year

Season records for this tree

  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 7 May
    Setting has been poor.

  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 16 May
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Not present
    Woolly aphid: Mild attack
    Codling moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Mild attack
    Apples quite small

  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 20 April
    Very light crop with bitter pit Very poor growing conditions during summer and autmn

  • 2011

    Spring blossom: 16 April
    Harvest: 3rd week October
    Heavy crop for size of tree. Very good quality and storing well (20/11). Apples stored well to January 2012.