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Lane's Prince Albert Apple tree

Owner: Janet

Location:  Wisbech, CAMBS, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 2005
Age of this tree:24 years
Soil:Thick clay dug up from drains in 17Century 
Climate at this location:Dry, sunny very windy
Pruning:Prune to upper buds as it is spreading.
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Biennial cropping (alternate years)
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Chemical treatments
Pesticides:Un-treated
Local pests:wasps and birds

Owner's comments

Some years growth is good then other years it seems to stand still. Cropping seems to be biennial or some poor cropping years others very heavy

Season records for this tree

  • 2014

    Harvest: 2nd week September  9kg / 20lbs
    Size: 3.5m / 11.7ft high   2.0m / 6.7ft wide
    Canker: Not present
    Scab: Not present
    Mildew: Not present
    Fireblight: Not present
    Cedar-apple rust: Not present
    A very heavy crop after last year's poor one. Healthy undamaged by birds and wasps crop. No sign of any disease at all. Large apples and plenty of them. A good season, probably the best since transplanting it in 2005 into this garden