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Lane's Prince Albert Apple tree

Owner: Janet

Location:  Wisbech, CAMBS, United Kingdom

Age:Planted in about 1990
Age of this tree:34 years
Soil:Clay 
Pruning:Prune to keep height at about 7'
Tree form:Bush (wider at top than bottom)
Height:Between 6ft / 2m and 15ft / 4m
Cropping:Heavy crops
Growth:This tree grows easily here
Herbicides:Chemical treatments
Pesticides:Not sure

Owner's comments

This is a spreading tree usually laden down with fruit, but not 2013. I prune to keep the new fruiting branches forming from the upper side of the older ones. The heavy fruit can snap them.

Season records for this tree

  • 2013

    Size: 2.0m / 6.7ft high   2.5m / 8.3ft wide
    Poor crop only one or two apples. Usually very good cropper.