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Discovery Apple tree

Owner: Bill

Location:  LEICESTERSHIRE, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2004
Age of this tree:17 years
Soil:Very light 
Pruning:Summer
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Heavy crops
Growth:This tree grows fairly well here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Chemical treatments

Season records for this tree

  • 2018

    Spring blossom: 5 May

  • 2017

    Spring blossom: 30 April
    Harvest: 1st week August  20kg / 44lbs
    Size: 2.5m / 8.3ft high   2.0m / 6.7ft wide

  • 2016

    Spring blossom: 16 May
    Harvest: 4th week August  20kg / 44lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   1.5m / 5.0ft wide
    Woolly aphid: Mild attack

  • 2015

    Spring blossom: 6 May
    Harvest: 3rd week August  20kg / 44lbs
    Woolly aphid: Mild attack

  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 30 April
    Harvest: 2nd week August  20kg / 44lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   1.5m / 5.0ft wide

  • 2013

    Spring blossom: 19 May
    Harvest: 2nd week September  20kg / 44lbs
    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   2.0m / 6.7ft wide

  • 2012

  • 2011

  • 2010

  • 2009

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