Spring blossom: 24 April
Harvest: 3rd week October 40kg / 88lbs Largest crop by far, in a good year for most trees. Tree was treated regularly with liquid seaweed during the growing season.
2018
Spring blossom: 6 May
Harvest: 1st week October 1kg / 2lbs
2017
Spring blossom: 25 April Blossom was reasonable in the Spring, but very little of the fruit matured and only two or three made it through the season.
2016
Spring blossom: 10 May
Harvest: 3rd week October 8kg / 18lbs Scab: Severe attack Codling moth: Mild attack Brown rot was a problem again, despite a few anti-fungal treatments.
2015
Harvest: 3rd week October 10kg / 22lbs Canker: Mild attack Scab: Severe attack Codling moth: Severe attack Lost a great number of fruit due to brown rot: the tree probably needs a substantial winter prune to open it up.
2014
Spring blossom: 25 April
Harvest: 1st week October 8kg / 18lbs Canker: Mild attack Scab: Mild attack Codling moth: Mild attack A poor year. Bad attack of blossom wilt in the spring - lost a lot of the young blossom. The majority of the fruit that made it through was badly marked and tending to be smaller than in recent years.
2013
Spring blossom: 13 May
Harvest: 1st week October 8kg / 18lbs Woolly aphid: Mild attack Poor show of blossom this year. However, several of the younger branches fruited well.
2012
Spring blossom: 11 May
Harvest: 1st week October 7kg / 15lbs First season for a decent harvest
