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Court Pendu Plat Apple tree

Owner: Bill

Location:  Smeeton Westerby, LEICESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2010
Age of this tree:17 years
Pruning:Formative
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Light crops
Growth:This tree grows fairly well here
Herbicides:Not sure
Pesticides:Chemical treatments

Owner's comments

A difficult variety to pollinate due to late flowering

Season records for this tree

  • 2018

    Spring blossom: 15 May

  • 2017

    Spring blossom: 16 May
    Harvest: 1st week October  15kg / 33lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   1.0m / 3.3ft wide

  • 2016

    Spring blossom: 3 June
    Harvest: 3rd week October  7kg / 15lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   1.0m / 3.3ft wide
    Started eating November 7th. Tastes strongly of tangerines until after mid November.

  • 2015

    Spring blossom: 28 May
    Harvest: 4th week October  2kg / 4lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   1.0m / 3.3ft wide

  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 23 May
    Harvest: 1st week October  2kg / 4lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   1.0m / 3.3ft wide

  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 4 June
    Harvest: 3rd week October  2kg / 4lbs
    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   
    Oversized fruit with bitter pit on most