Spring blossom: 30 April
Harvest: 1st week October 1kg / 2lbs
2020
Spring blossom: 22 April
Harvest: 1st week October 2kg / 4lbs Very small crop this year, but at least it has survived the damage from last year.
2019
Spring blossom: 27 April A significant section of the tree has died off - problems with the bark (possibly squirrel damage). But one of the two main branches seems OK.
2018
Spring blossom: 6 May
Harvest: 1st week October 1kg / 2lbs
2017
Spring blossom: 17 April
Harvest: 4th week September
Size:
2.0m / 6.7ft high 1.5m / 5.0ft wide Slightly more successful than previous years, but still a very meagre crop.
2016
Spring blossom: 11 May
Size:
1.5m / 5.0ft high 1.0m / 3.3ft wide Very little blossom this year.
2015
Spring blossom: 28 April
Harvest: 3rd week October 2kg / 4lbs
Size:
2.0m / 6.7ft high 1.5m / 5.0ft wide Codling moth: Mild attack The tree looked very unhappy throughout the season. Fruit was mainly small, and flavour unexceptional. Possibly needs a lot more support for the main stem. (Brown rot problems also present.)
2014
Spring blossom: 24 April
Size:
1.5m / 5.0ft high 1.0m / 3.3ft wide Very poor year. Suffered somewhat with blossom wilt in the Spring, but the initial show of blossom was in any case quite weak.
2013
Spring blossom: 9 May
Harvest: 3rd week October 2kg / 4lbs
Size:
1.5m / 5.0ft high
