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Bramley's Seedling Apple tree
Owner: Jan
Location: Castel D'Aiano, BOLOGNA, Italy
| Age: | Planted in about |
| Rootstock: | MM106 (I think) |
| Soil: | shallow clay/chalk on rock |
| Climate at this location: | hot dry summers, long severe winters |
| Pruning: | Not yet |
| 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: | Chemical treatments |
| Local pests: | aphids,canker,codling moth,deer,wild boar,processional (I think moths) plant louse (some kind of sap-sucking hemipteran) |
Owner's comments
Lost first really heavy potential crop of fruit in violent hailstorm 1st week June 2011, leaves shredded. Let's hope for better things in 2012.Season records for this tree
2011
2010
2009
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