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Newtown Pippin Apple tree

Owner: Larry

Location:  Corvallis, OREGON, United States

Age of this tree:2024 years
Climate at this location:Mild, wet winters; warm, dry summers
Tree form:Not sure
Height:Taller than 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Biennial cropping (alternate years)
Growth:This tree grows fairly well here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Organic treatments
Local pests:coddling moth; apple maggot

Owner's comments

I have two trees of this variety, probably planted in the late 1940s. A third tree of this variety was top grafted onto a golden delicious in 2017.