Queen Cox Apple tree
Owner: Jim
Location: Trinidad, CA, United States
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| Age: | Planted in about 2004 |
| Age of this tree: | 23 years |
| Soil: | sandy, upraised beach |
| Climate at this location: | very cool, within 300 feet of the Pacific ocean |
| Pruning: | pruned each year to remove crossing, contain height, open center for air circulation. |
| Tree form: | Standard |
| Height: | Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m |
| Cropping: | Heavy crops |
| Growth: | This tree grows fairly well here |
| Herbicides: | Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding) |
| Pesticides: | Organic treatments |
| Local pests: | scab, mildew |
Owner's comments
This is our only tree not in an espalier. It is a standard, sprayed each winter with sulfur, and neem oil, and produces very tasty fruit usually picked in late September at this location in far northern coastal California.Season records for this tree
2023
Harvest: 4th week September 20kg / 44lbs
Size: 5.0m / 16.7ft high
Scab: Mild attack
This record is actually for 2024. There was a heavy crop of apples this year (second year of above average rainfall) and beautiful weather during flowering. Winter pruning in previous winter was heavy to lower height and open up the tree interior. Lots of fruit drop helped by raccoons. Picked on Sept. 23rd, 2024. Beautiful crop.2015
Harvest: 3rd week September 55kg / 121lbs
Size: 4.5m / 15.0ft high
Very good clean crop picked 09/24/2015. It was a dry year in northern California. The apples were a bit smaller than normal, but had very little disease this year (scab is the major problem here.)2014
Harvest: 4th week August
Size: 3.5m / 11.7ft wide
Very good year for the Queen Cox on the far north coast of California (within 100 meters of the Pacific Ocean). The droughts effect was to back off the fungal diseases. Very good fruit set of beautiful apples. They taste superb.