Beauty of Bath Apple tree
Owner: DoorusOrchard
Location: Kinvara, GALWAY, Ireland
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Age: | Planted in about 1800 |
Age of this tree: | 225 years |
Soil: | light shallow soil over limestone bedrock or white daub clay. Ph 8 |
Climate at this location: | Maritime and windy, but the tree is in a walled garden |
Pruning: | Restorative pruning |
Tree form: | Standard |
Height: | Taller than 15ft / 4m |
Cropping: | Heavy crops |
Growth: | This tree grows easily here |
Herbicides: | Un-treated |
Pesticides: | Un-treated |
Local pests: | Horse damage in the past to the bark |
Season records for this tree
2013
Harvest: 3rd week August 80kg / 176lbs
Size: 6.0m / 20.0ft high 9.0m / 30.0ft wide
Canker: Not present
Scab: Not present
Mildew: Not present
Fireblight: Not present
Cedar-apple rust: Not present
Woolly aphid: Not present
Codling moth: Not present
Plum fruit moth: Not present
Silverleaf: Not present
This is an old tree possibly 1880 in an old walled garden. Would have been unpruned from 1950 until 2010. Very healthy. Restorative pruning happening bit by bit.2012
Harvest: 2nd week August 80kg / 176lbs