Nehou Apple tree
Owner: Mike
Location: Glen Rock, PA, United States
| Age: | Planted in about 2011 |
| Age of this tree: | 16 years |
| Rootstock: | M111 |
| Soil: | clay |
| Climate at this location: | 6 |
| Tree form: | Standard |
| Height: | Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m |
| Cropping: | Not specified |
| Growth: | This tree grows easily here |
| Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
| Pesticides: | Un-treated |
| Local pests: | Ants, Aphids, Stink Bugs |
Owner's comments
20130410: Covered with flowers. Seems to be a spur bearer. Hand pollinated flowers. 20120411: No flowers this second year in my orchard. 20120310: Sprayed with dormant oil and bordeaux spray. 20110821: Good lateral growth this year. Training branches to grow more parallel to earth to encourage better fruiting in the future. 20110622: The fencing surrounding the trunk prevents animals, and I hope deers, from damaging my tree. 20110322: Planted so will keep you posted on growth and fruiting. This first year (crab)apple tree bore 3 fruits. Nice grower but will not be for another year or two that I will be able to update on growth. Ordered this apple from Trees of Antiquity in August 2010 for Spring 2011 delivery.Season records for this tree
2014
Spring blossom: 2 May2013
Spring blossom: 10 April
Harvest: 1st week September 1kg / 2lbs
Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high
Cedar-apple rust: Mild attack
Woolly aphid: Not present
Codling moth: Not present
Plum fruit moth: Not present
Silverleaf: Not present
20130810: Loaded with apples but the Asian Wasp got to most. Picked the remaining two apples off the tree and will ripen on the window sill a month or two. 5/27/2013: Sprayed with Bordeaux spray after seeing a few orange dots (cedar rust) on one or two leaves. Actually sprayed my entire collection. 4/10/2013: First time this three year old tree flowered. Nehou seems to be a spur bearer. Covered with flowers and set many apples; however thinned to one apple every 5-6 inches along branches.