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Blue Pearmain Apple tree

Owner: Barbara

Location:  Seattle, WA / KING, United States

Age of this tree:2024 years
Climate at this location:Mediterranean
Pruning:None yet - tree just discovered
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Taller than 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Light crops
Growth:This tree grows fairly well here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Organic treatments
Local pests:Codling moth

Owner's comments

Susceptible to scab. Tree 30+ feet tall, most fruit up high. Dense growth habit, needs restorative pruning.

Season records for this tree

  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 21 April
    Size: 9.0m / 30.0ft high   6.0m / 20.0ft wide
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Mild attack
    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
    Have a heavy bloom each year, including 2013, but is the earliest blooming tree in our area. Saw evidence of one apple that set this year.
  • 2012

    Spring blossom: 21 April
    Heavy bloom, very small fruit crop.
  • 2011

    Spring blossom: 26 April