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Spartan Apple tree

Owner: Don

Location:  Twisp, WA, United States

Age:Planted in about 2011
Age of this tree:13 years
Soil:well drained rocky loam 
Climate at this location:short, hot, dry growing season; long cold winters
Pruning:prune
Tree form:Central leader (widest at bottom)
Height:Up to 6ft / 2m
Cropping:Not specified
Growth:This tree grows fairly well here
Herbicides:Manual treatment (hoeing and weeding)
Pesticides:Organic treatments

Season records for this tree

  • 2014

    Spring blossom: 6 May
  • 2013

    Size: 1.5m / 5.0ft high   1.0m / 3.3ft 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
  • 2012

  • 2011

  • 2010

  • 2009


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