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Golden Delicious Apple tree

Owner: Andrew

Location:  St Saviour, GUERNSEY, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 1990
Age of this tree:36 years
Soil:clay based good 
Climate at this location:mild, windy
Pruning:prune
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Medium crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Un-treated

Owner's comments

planted 1991/1992

Season records for this tree

  • 2016

    Spring blossom: 17 May
  • 2015

    Harvest: 3rd week October  15kg / 33lbs
  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 7 May
    Harvest: 3rd week October  15kg / 33lbs
  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 22 May
  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 11 May
    Harvest: 4th week October
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   2.0m / 6.7ft 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
    Plum fruit moth: Not present
    Silverleaf: Not present
    cold April, fruit good size, crop medium
  • 2011

    Spring blossom: 22 April